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BTRR, BAEC TRIGA Research Reactor

BTRR, BAEC TRIGA Research Reactor, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE). Operating, first critical in 1986.

It is the only research reactor in Bangladesh. It is one of 36 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

Bangladesh

City

Dhaka

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE)

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1986

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

See also: How research reactors work · every reactor by General Atomics