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JRTR

JRTR, a research reactor (tank) in Amman, Jordan, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC). Operating, first critical in 2016.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Jordan, of the 2 currently operating. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Jordan, JSA - Jordan Subcritical Assembly (2013). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. It is one of 3 research reactors in 2 countries that KAERI designed or built.

Country

Jordan

City

Amman

Type

Tank

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC)

Design and construction

Designed by KAERI · built by KAERI · Daewoo E&C

Status

Operating

First criticality

2016

Purpose

Isotope production, teaching, training, activation analysis

See also: every research reactor in Jordan · How research reactors work · every reactor by KAERI