MIT Nuclear Research Reactor: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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[[Image:MIT Nuclear Research Reactor.jpg|thumb|MIT Nuclear Research Reactor in [[Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]].]]▼

|power name = 5 MW = MITR-II▼

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|name image = MITR-IIMIT Nuclear Research Reactor.jpg

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|institution = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]

▲[[Image:MIT| Nuclearimage_caption Research Reactor.jpg|thumb| = MIT Nuclear Research Reactor in [[Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]].]]

|location_city = Cambridge

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|location_state = Massachusetts

|type location_map = United = tankStates

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▲|power = 5 MW

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|power_therm_elec = thermal

| lat_d = 42

|construct_cost = $3 million USD

| lat_m = 21

|construct_start = 1956 June

| lat_s = 37

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|first_crit lat_NS = 1958 JulyN

| long_d = 71

|upkeep_cost = $2.5 million USD

|#_of_staff long_m = 3605

|#_of_operators long_s = 1547

| long_EW = W

|refuel_time = 3-4 months

| coordinates_type = type:landmark

|max_thermal_flux = 7.00E+13 n/cm^2-s

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|max_fast_flux = 1.70E+14 n/cm^2-s

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|fuel_type = plate type

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|#_fuel_assemblies= 24 to 27

| locale = [[Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]

|fuel_per_assembly= 15

|cooling status = light water =

| construction_began = 1956 June

|moderator = light water

|reflector commissioned = heavy1958 water, [[graphite]]July

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|cladding_material= aluminum alloy

| decommissioned =

|control_rods = boron & stainless steel (6x)

| cost = [[United States Dollar|US$]]3 million

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|source operator = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]

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The '''MIT Nuclear Research Reactor (MITR)''' serves the research purposes of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. It is a tank-type 5 MW reactor that is moderated and cooled by light water and uses [[heavy water]] as a reflector. It is the second largest university based [[research reactor]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] (after the [[University of Missouri Research Reactor Center]]) and has been in operation since 1958.<ref>[http://tech.mit.edu/V105/N59/nucle.59n.html Cambridge evaluates MIT's nuclear reactor - The Tech<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It is the fourth-oldest operating reactor in the country.<ref>{{cite web

| title = IAEA Research Reactors Database

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