Materials testing reactor

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

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.

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