Materials testing reactor

Short description: High-flux research nuclear reactor

A materials testing reactor (MTR) is a high-flux research nuclear reactor aimed at studying materials exposed to a high neutron flux.

## Contents

* 1 Examples
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Examples

Materials testing reactors include:

* BR2, the Belgian Reactor 2, moderated with a paraboloid beryllium matrix, in operation at SCK CEN since 1962.
* The Materials Testing Reactor (MTR), an early reactor that operated in Idaho from 1952-1970.
* Dounreay Materials Testing Reactor, a Dido class reactor in the United Kingdom .
* ETRR-2, at the nuclear research center in Inshas, Egypt.
* Jules Horowitz Reactor, under construction at the Cadarache nuclear facility in southern France .
* Research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.
* Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology (PINSTECH) in Pakistan .
* Reactor Technology Complex of the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho, United States.
* RV-1 nuclear reactor in Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Venezuela.
* SAFARI-1, outside of Pretoria, South Africa , also used to produce medical isotopes.
* RSG G.A Siwabessy in Serpong, Indonesia.

## See also

* List of nuclear reactors
* Nuclear research reactors

## References

## External links

* Ne.anl.gov: MTR Reactors designed by the Argonne National Laboratory
* Docs.google.com: Materials Testing Reactor

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