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{{Short description|High-flux research nuclear reactor}}
{{Distinguish|text = the [[Materials Testing Reactor]], an early reactor that operated in Idaho from 1952 to 1970}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
A '''materials testing reactor''' ('''MTR''') is a high-flux research [[nuclear reactor]] aimed at studying materials exposed to a high [[neutron flux]].

==Examples==
Materials testing reactors include:
* [[SCK_CEN#BR2|BR2]], the Belgian Reactor 2, moderated with a [[paraboloid]] [[beryllium]] matrix, in operation at [[SCK CEN]] since 1962.
* The [[ Materials Testing Reactor]] (MTR), an early reactor that operated in [[Idaho]] from 1952-1970.
* [[Dounreay Materials Testing Reactor]], a [[Dido class reactor]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
* [[ETRR-2]], at the nuclear research center in [[Inshas]], [[Egypt]].
* [[Jules Horowitz Reactor]], under construction at the [[Cadarache]] nuclear facility in southern [[France]].
* [[Petten nuclear reactor|Research reactor]] in [[Petten]], the [[Netherlands]]. 
* [[Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology]] (PINSTECH) in [[Pakistan]].
* Reactor Technology Complex of the [[Idaho National Laboratory]] in [[Idaho]], United States.
* [[RV-1 nuclear reactor]] in [[Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research]], Venezuela.
* [[SAFARI-1]], outside of [[Pretoria]], [[South Africa]], also used to produce medical isotopes.
* [[Reaktor Serba Guna G.A. Siwabessy|RSG G.A Siwabessy]] in [[Serpong]], [[Indonesia]].

==See also==
*[[List of nuclear reactors]]
*{{C|Nuclear research reactors}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Materials Test Reactor|<br>Materials Test Reactor<br>(U.S. Idaho National Laboratory)}}
*[http://www.ne.anl.gov/About/reactors/basrr.shtml#fragment-4 Ne.anl.gov: MTR Reactors designed by the Argonne National Laboratory]
*[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ruulNV0qOCQJ:www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/14488-M4TDRk/webviewable/+Materials+Testing+Reactor&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj89B_9DAnzSBpsxNofXUe0_NrLD1KN4Yt4waas0mJbMyVYMWZTkl-6zhJJi2cuW1xCXhDL-0HpDQ9fKZ49JWkXeqnCmoPm4e0OP_JJAJv8INA38KHQaIUdtqd3Oqi584pbzEW7&sig=AHIEtbTD0vR__JI1gDB3xsYMUiBoUgtD2w Docs.google.com: Materials Testing Reactor]

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