Egypt · Cairo · 30.044, 31.236 (approximate location)

ETRR-1

ETRR-1, a research reactor (tank) in Cairo, Egypt, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt. Temporary shutdown, first critical in 1961.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 2 research reactors operating in Egypt. It was the first research reactor in Egypt to go critical and is still operating 65 years later. It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. It is one of 4 research reactors in 3 countries that Rosatom / URSS designed or built.

Country

Egypt

City

Cairo

Type

Tank

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt

Design and construction

Designed and built by USSR

Status

Temporary shutdown

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, teaching, training

See also: every research reactor in Egypt · How research reactors work · every reactor by Rosatom / URSS