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

United States

The first Materials Testing Reactor (MTR), was designed jointly by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory and operated in Idaho from 1952-1970.

Other Examples

Materials testing reactors include:

• BR2, the Belgian Reactor 2, moderated with a paraboloid beryllium matrix, in operation at SCK CEN since 1962.

• 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

• Japan Material Testing Reactor (1968 to 2021).

• Washington State University Reactor (1961 to 1967)

See also

• List of nuclear reactors

References

External links

• Ne.anl.gov: MTR Reactors designed by the Argonne National Laboratory

• Docs.google.com: Materials Testing Reactor