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Materials testing reactor

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A materials test reactor (MTR) is a high power research nuclear reactor.

Examples

Materials testing reactors include:

  • Reactor Technology Complex of the Idaho National Laboratory in Boise County, Idaho, United States.
  • PINSTECH National Laboratory (PNL) in Pakistan.
  • Jules Horowitz Reactor, under construction at the Cadarache nuclear facility in southern France.
  • Research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.
  • SAFARI-1, outside of Pretoria, South Africa, also used to produce medical isotopes.
  • ETRR-2, at the Nuclear Research Center in Inshas, Egypt.
  • BR-2, at the Belgian Nuclear Research Center in Mol, Belgium.

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