Türkiye · Istanbul · 41.014, 28.955 (approximate location)

ITU-TRR

ITU-TRR, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Istanbul, Türkiye, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by ITU Energy Institute. Operating, first critical in 1979.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 2 research reactors operating in Türkiye. It went critical 17 years after the first research reactor in Türkiye, TR-1 (1962). It is one of 36 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

Türkiye

City

Istanbul

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

250 kW

Operator

ITU Energy Institute

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1979

Purpose

Neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

See also: every research reactor in Türkiye · How research reactors work · every reactor by General Atomics