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

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Materials testing reactors include: * The Materials Testing Reactor (MTR), an early reactor that operated in

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from 1952-1970. * Dounreay Materials Testing Reactor, a Dido class reactor in the

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ETRR-2 ETRR-2 or ET-RR-2 (''Experimental Training Research Reactor Number two''), (''Egypt Test and Research Reactor Number two'') or (''Multi-Purpose Reactor'') is the second nuclear reactor in Egypt supplied by the Argentine company Investigacion Apl ...

, at the

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Jules Horowitz Reactor The Jules Horowitz Reactor (Réacteur Jules Horowitz or RJH) is a Material Test Reactor (MTR) cooled and moderated with water. It is under construction at Cadarache in southern France, based on the recommendations of the European Roadmap for Resea ...

, under construction at the

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nuclear facility in southern

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. * PINSTECH National Laboratory (PNL) in

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. *Reactor Technology Complex of the

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SAFARI-1 SAFARI-1 is a 20 MW light water-cooled, beryllium reflected, pool-type research reactor, initially used for high level nuclear physics research programmes and was commissioned in 1965. The reactor is owned and operated by South African Nuclear En ...

, outside of

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, also used to produce medical isotopes.

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