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ITU TRIGA Mark II Training and Research Reactor

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Location
  
Istanbul, Turkey

Power
  
250 kW (thermal)

First Criticality
  
March 11, 1979

Type
  
TRIGA

Construction Cost
  
$20 million TL

Operating Institution
  
Istanbul Technical University

ITU TRIGA Mark-II Training and Research Reactor is a nuclear research reactor located in Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. It is a light water reactor, the 54th TRIGA in the world designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The facility was opened on March 11, 1979.

It is second operational and third installed nuclear research reactors in Turkey, the other being in Çekmece Nuclear Research and Education Center.

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ITU TRIGA Mark-II Training and Research Reactor Wikipedia