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Tehran Research Reactor (TRR)

Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), a research reactor (pool) in Tehran, Iran, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI). Operating, first critical in 1967.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Iran, of the 4 currently operating. It was the first research reactor in Iran to go critical and is still operating 59 years later. It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron radiography, transmutation and gemstone irradiation.

Country

Iran

City

Tehran

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron radiography, transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching, training, activation analysis, geochronology, neutron capture therapy, innovative research, nuclear data, materials testing

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