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ETRR-2

ETRR-2, a research reactor (pool) in Inshas, Egypt, with 22 MW of thermal power, operated by Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA). Operating, first critical in 1997.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Egypt, of the 2 currently operating. It went critical 36 years after the first research reactor in Egypt, ETRR-1 (1961). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. It is one of 9 research reactors in 7 countries that INVAP designed or built.

Country

Egypt

City

Inshas

Type

Pool

Thermal power

22 MW

Operator

Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA)

Design and construction

Designed and built by INVAP

Status

Operating

First criticality

1997

Purpose

Isotope production (Mo-99, I-131, Tc-99m), materials/fuel testing, neutron radiography, neutron activation analysis, silicon transmutation doping, teaching, training, neutron capture therapy

See also: every research reactor in Egypt · How research reactors work · every reactor by INVAP