MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/MIT_Nuclear_Reactor_Laboratory
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:address gptkb:138_Albany_Street,_Cambridge,_MA_02139
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:notableFor one of the most powerful university-based research reactors in the US
gptkbp:opened 1958
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:powerOutput 6 megawatts thermal
gptkbp:primaryUse education
medical isotope production
research
gptkbp:reactorControl control rods
gptkbp:reactorCooling light water
gptkbp:reactorCoreType open pool
gptkbp:reactorFuel low-enriched uranium
gptkbp:reactorModel gptkb:MITR-II
gptkbp:reactorModerator light water
gptkbp:reactorPurpose materials testing
neutron activation analysis
neutron radiography
nuclear physics research
radioisotope production
environmental studies
nuclear engineering research
student training
biological studies
nuclear medicine research
nuclear chemistry research
gptkbp:reactorType gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:U.S._Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission
gptkbp:website https://nrl.mit.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Building_NW10
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_campus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5