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Final assembly of an in-core experiment at MITR

The MIT research reactor: An early NSUF partner facility

Dennis Whyte, Kord Smith, Lin-wen Hu, and David Moncton in front of the graphite pile

MIT NRL and NSE restore historic graphite pile as an education and research tool

Sarah Don

Sarah Don: Building connections

Gordon Kohse: Multidimensional mission at the boundary of science and engineering

Nuclear scientist David Carpenter leads a life of discovery at MIT's Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

David Carpenter: Purpose-driven to the core

Post-irradiation picture of the crack

Novel in-core crack growth test conducted at the MIT Reactor

 

News

Final assembly of an in-core experiment at MITR

The MIT research reactor: An early NSUF partner facility

MIT Reactor Core

Milestone for new LEU research reactor fuel

Dennis Whyte, Kord Smith, Lin-wen Hu, and David Moncton in front of the graphite pile

MIT NRL and NSE restore historic graphite pile as an education and research tool

Sarah Don

Sarah Don: Building connections

Announcements

Congratulations to Our Two Newly Licensed Senior Reactor Operators

Three Proposals Selected for NRL Seed Program

Congratulations to Our Three Newly Licensed Student Operators

NRL Seed Program

MIT Faculty and Research Staff may now apply for limited no-cost access to a variety of services for experiments utilizing the MITR and its facilities through the NRL Seed program.

MITR FAQ

Reactor core

MITR-II is the second largest university research reactor in the U.S. and the only one located on the campus of a major research university.
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