MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
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The MIT Nuclear Research Reactor (MITR) is currently on the MITR-II design. It is a tank-type 5 MW reactor that is moderated and cooled by light water and uses heavy water as a reflector.
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The reactor fuel is arranged in a hexagonal pattern with Rhomboid shaped fuel assemblies. Power is controlled by 6 manual Boron-stainless steel control rods and one automatic control rod.
The reactor uses low enriched Uranium, which replaced Highly Enriched Uranium fuel in 2004, which had been in use up until that time. The cladding is aluminum while the the uranium fuel pellets are a uranium-aluminum matrix called cermet.
