Hungary · Budapest · 47.492, 19.051 (approximate location)

Nuclear Training Reactor

Nuclear Training Reactor, a research reactor (pool) in Budapest, Hungary, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Institute for Nuclear Techniques (BME NTI). Operating, first critical in 1971.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 2 research reactors operating in Hungary. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in Hungary, Budapest Research Reactor (1959). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Hungary

City

Budapest

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Institute for Nuclear Techniques (BME NTI)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1971

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

See also: every research reactor in Hungary · How research reactors work