ITU TRIGA Mark-II Training and Research Reactor is a
nuclear research reactor
Research reactors are nuclear fission-based nuclear reactors that serve primarily as a neutron source. They are also called non-power reactors, in contrast to power reactors that are used for nuclear power plant, electricity production, heat ge ...
located in
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...
in Turkey. It is a
light water reactor
The light-water reactor (LWR) is a type of thermal-neutron reactor that uses normal water, as opposed to heavy water, as both its coolant and neutron moderator; furthermore a solid form of fissile elements is used as fuel. Thermal-neutron react ...
, the 54th
TRIGA
TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) is a class of nuclear research reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson.
Design
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in the world designed and manufactured by
General Atomics
General Atomics (GA) is an American energy and defense corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, that specializes in research and technology development. This includes physics research in support of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion en ...
. The facility was opened on 11 March 1979.
It is second operational and third installed nuclear research reactors in Turkey, the other being in
Çekmece Nuclear Research and Education Center.
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External links
ITU Triga Mark 2 official site
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Istanbul Technical University
Nuclear research institutes
Nuclear research reactors
Research institutes in Turkey
Nuclear technology in Turkey
Science and technology in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Istanbul
Organizations based in Istanbul
Organizations established in 1979