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MITR-II Masschusetts Inst. of Tech.

MITR-II Masschusetts Inst. of Tech., a research reactor (tank) in Boston, United States, with 6 MW of thermal power, operated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operating, first critical in 1958.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

United States

City

Boston

Type

Tank

Thermal power

6 MW

Operator

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Status

Operating

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Isotope production, teaching, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy, materials testing

See also: every research reactor in United States · How research reactors work