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Research Reactors in North America
| Name | Type | Power (kW) | Location | Experimental Capabilities |
| Advanced Test Reactor – Critical (ATRC) | MTR-Pool | 5 | Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA | For testing reactivity effects in the ATR |
| Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) | MTR-Pressurized | 250000 | Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA | 4’X5” Static Irradiations, Rabbits (.5”X2.1”), “Small Amount” of Fissile |
| Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) | Pulsed Pool – TRIGA using BeO fuel Moderator Elements | 4000 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | Can be pulsed to 35 GW, 9″ and 20″ In- Core Irradiation Cavities, Neutron Imaging |
| Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Research Reactor (AFRRI-TRIGA) | TRIGA Mk. F | 1000 | Bethesda, Maryland, USA | Fast and Thermal Irradiation Rooms |
| Comet | Critical Assembly Table | 0.5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | General-purpose, heavy-duty, vertical-lift assembly designed for flexibility in conducting a variety of critical experiments |
| Dow TRIGA Research Reactor (DTRR) | TRIGA Mk. I | 300 | Midland, Michigan, USA | Central Thimble, Rabbit, Rotary Specimen Rack |
| École Polytechnique de Montréal SLOWPOKE | SLOWPOKE-2 | 20 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 6 Pneumatic Rabbits, Neutron Activation Analysis |
| Flat-Top | Critical Assembly | 0.1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Spherical fast benchmark critical assembly |
| GE Nuclear Test Reactor (NTR) | Graphite Mod. | 100 | Pleasanton, California, USA | Neutron Radiography, Small Sample Irradiations |
| Godiva IV | Fast Burst | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Fast burst reactor designed to produce controlled, microsecond pulse-width transients that can mimic a criticality accident in a controlled way, can be pulsed to 90 GW |
| High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) | Pressurized | 85000 | Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA | 13 Neutron Scattering Instruments, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Rabbits, Flux Trap, Reflector Irradiation Facilities |
| Idaho State University AGN-201m | AGN-201 | 0.005 | Pocatello, Idaho, USA | Four access ports (4” DIA), One centerline port (15/16” DIA) |
| Kansas State University Research Reactor | TRIGA Mk. II | 1250 | Manhattan, Kansas, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Radiography, Pneumatic Rabbit, 4 Beam Ports, In-core and Reflector Irradiation Facilities, Thermal Columns |
| Maryland University Training Reactor (MUTR) | TRIGA Conv. – BSR Grid Plate | 250 | College Park, Maryland, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Pneumatic Rabbit, 5.25″ Beam and Through Tubes, Neutron Imaging |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor (MITR-II) | MTR | 6000 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA | High Temperature In-Core irradiation Facilities, Pneumatic Rabbits, Neutron Diffraction, Neutron Spectrometer, Neutron Activation Analysis, Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis |
| Mcclellan Nuclear Research Center (MNRC) | TRIGA Mk. II | 2000 | Sacramento, California, USA | Neutron Radiography, Pneumatic Rabbit, In-Core Irradiation Facility, Fast Neutron Irradiator, Neutron Transmutation Doping |
| McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR) | MTR-Pool | 5000 | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Radiography, Isotope Production, Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis, Neutron Diffraction |
| Missouri S&T Reactor (MSTR) | MTR-Pool | 200 | Rolla, Missouri, USA | Rabbits, Beam Ports, Thermal Column |
| Missouri University Research Reactor (MURR) | MTR-Pressurized | 10000 | Columbia, Missouri, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Isotope Production, Neutron Beamlines |
| Neutron Radiography Reactor (NRAD) | TRIGA Conv. – BSR Grid Plate | 250 | Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA | Neutron Radiography, Small Sample Irradiations |
| NIST Center For Neutron Research (NBSR) | MTR-D2O | 20000 | Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA | 27 Neutron Instruments, Neutron Activation Analysis |
| North Carolina State University PULSTAR Reactor (NCSU PULSTAR) | Pulstar | 1000 | Raleigh, North Carolina, USA | Neutron Diffraction, Neutron Imaging, Positron Beam, Rabbit, Wet and Dry Irradiation Thimbles, 6″ and 8″ Beam Ports |
| Ohio State University Research Reactor (OSURR) | MTR-Pool | 500 | Columbus, Ohio, USA | Dry Vertical Irradiation Tubes, Thermal Neutron Beam, Pneumatic Rabbit, Thermal Column, Neutron Activation Analysis |
| Oregon State TRIGA Reactor (OSTR) | TRIGA Mk. II | 1000 | Corvallis, Oregon, USA | Pneumatic Rabbit, Rotating Specimen Rack, In-Core Irradiations, Neutron Activation Analysis, Prompt Gamma Analysis, Neutron Radiography, AR/AR Dating, Thermal Column |
| Penn State Breazeale Reactor (PBSR) | TRIGA Conv. – Hexagonal Lattice TRIGA Core | 1000 | State College, Pennsylvania, USA | Pneumatic Rabbit, Dry Irradiation Tubes, Neutron Transmission Measurement Beamline, Neutron Radiography |
| Planet | Critical Assembly Table | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | General-purpose, light-duty, vertical-lift assembly designed for flexibility in conducting a variety of critical experiments | |
| Purdue University Reactor Number 1 (PUR-1) | MTR-Pool | 10 | West Lafayette, Indiana, USA | Dry Irradiation Tubes |
| Reed Research Reactor (RRR) | TRIGA Mk. I | 250 | Portland, Oregon, USA | Pneumatic Rabbit, Rotating Specimen Rack, In-Core Irradiations, Gamma Irradiator |
| Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center (RINSC) | MTR-Pool | 2000 | Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA | Pneumatic Rabbits, In-Core Irradiations, Beam Ports (8″ diameter), Thermal Column, High Temperature Irradiations, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Diffraction |
| Royal Military College of Canada SLOWPOKE-2 Facility | SLOWPOKE-2 | 20 | Kingston, Ontario, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Radioscopy and Tomography |
| Sandia Pulsed Reactor Facility Critical Experiment (SPRF/CX) | Critical Assembly | 0.001 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | Critical experiments that employ different reactor core configurations and fuel types, hands-on nuclear criticality safety training |
| SLOWPOKE-2 Research Reactor (JM-1) | SLOWPOKE-2 | 20 | Mona, Jamaica | Neutron Activation Analysis |
| Texas A&M Nuclear Engineering & Science Center TRIGA Reactor (NESC TRIGA) | TRIGA Conv. – BSR Grid Plate | 1000 | College Station, Texas, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Pure Thermal Neutron Field, Fast Neutron Irradiation |
| Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) | Graphite Pulse | 100 | Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA | Pulses up to 18 GW for fuel testing, Neutron Imaging, Fast Neutron Hodoscope |
| TRIGA Mk. III | TRIGA Mk. III | 1000 | La Marquesa, Estado de México, Mexico | Rabbit, In-Core irradiations, Rotary Specimen Rack, Thermal Column, Dry Exposure Rooms, Beam Ports, Neutron Activation Analysis, Isotope Production |
| University of California, Irvine Nuclear Reactor Facility (UCINF) | TRIGA Mk. I | 250 | Irvine, California, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Pneumatic Rabbit, In-Core Irradiation Facilities, Rotary Specimen Rack |
| University of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR) | Argonaut | 100 | Gainesville, Florida, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Thermal Column |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Reactor (UMLRR) | MTR-Pool | 1000 | Lowell, Massachusetts, USA | Neutron Radiography, Neutron Activation Analysis, Fast Neutron Irradiator |
| University of New Mexico AGN-201 Reactor | AGN-201 | 0.005 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | Four access ports (4” DIA), One centerline port (15/16” DIA) |
| University of Utah TRIGA Reactor (UUTR) | TRIGA | 100 | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | Pneumatic Rabbit, In-Core Irradiation, Fast Neutron Irradiator, Thermal Neutron Irradiator, Beam Tubes |
| University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor (UWNR) | TRIGA Conv. – LITR Grid Plate | 1000 | Madison, Wisconsin, USA | Pneumatic and Hydraulic Rabbits, Irradiation Baskets, Beam Ports, Thermal Column, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Radiography, Isotope Production |
| US Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR) | TRIGA Mk. I | 1000 | Denver, Colorado, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, AR/AR Dating, Isotope Production, Fission Tracks, Rotating Specimen Rack |
| UT Austin Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory TRIGA Reactor (NETL) | TRIGA | 1000 | Austin, Texas, USA | Neutron Activation Analysis, Cryogenic Irradiation Facility, Neutron Depth Profiling, Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis, Fast Neutron Beam, Neutron Radiography, Isotope Production |
| Walthousen Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) | Critical Assembly | 0.1 | Schenectady, New York, USA | Fundamental reactor physics measurements and benchmarks evaluating material specimens with relatively high reactivity worth |
| Washington State University Reactor (WSUR) | TRIGA Conv. – LITR Grid Plate | 1000 | Pullman, Washington, USA | Neutron Irradiations, Neutron Activation Analysis |
| White Sands Missile Range Fast Burst Reactor (WSMR-FBR) | Fast Burst | 8 | White Sands, New Mexico, USA | Can be pulsed to 250 GW, large object irradiations |
| Zero Energy Deuterium Reactor 2 (ZED-2) | Heavy Water Moderated Zero Power Reactor | 0.2 | Deep River, Ontario, Canada | Reactor physics measurements and fuel studies at pressures up to 8.6 MPa and 300°C with either CO2, D2O, or H2O coolants |