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TRTR’s primary mission is education, fundamental and applied research application of technology in areas of national concern, and improving U.S. technological competitiveness around the world.

1: UMD

Maryland University Training Reactor

2: NRAD

Neutron Radiography Reactor

Idaho National Laboratory

3: MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor

4: HFIR

High Flux Isotope Reactor

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

5: ACRR

Annular Core Research Reactor

Sandia National Laboratory

6: Dow

Dow TRIGA Research Reactor

7: KSURR

Kansas State University Research Reactor

7: McClellan

McClellan Nuclear Research Center

University of California, Davis

8: MUSTNR

Missouri University of Science and Technology Nuclear Reactor

9: MURR

Missouri University Research Reactor

10: UT Austin

Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory

University of Texas at Austin

11:USGS

US Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor

12: Oregon

Oregon State TRIGA Reactor

13: Ohio

Ohio State University Research Reactor

14: Breazeale

Penn State Breazeale Reactor

15: NCSU

North Carolina State University

16: Purdue

Purdue University Research Reactor Number One

17: RINSC

Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center

Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission

19: TAM

Nuclear Engineering & Science Center

20: UC Irvine

University of California, Irvine Nuclear Reactor Facility

University of California, Irvine

21: UMASS

University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Reactor

University of Massachusetts Lowell

22: Utah

University of Utah Research Reactor

23: WSU

Washington State University Nuclear Science Center

Washington State University

24: Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor

25: WRCF

Walthousen Reactor Critical Facility

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

26: AFRRI

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute TRIGA Reactor

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

27: NIST

NIST Center for Neutron Research

National Institute of Standards and Technology

28: UNM

University of New Mexico AGN-201

30: ATR

Idaho National Laboratory

Education

Reactors around the country develop the next generation of nuclear engineers and scientists who will be leaders of the future.

We perform basic research to further our understanding of basic physics, improve the nuclear industry, and much more!

Outreach

Member facilities perform community and global outreach to educate members of the public about the safe uses of nuclear energy.

Testing

Integral testing of nuclear components is a vital means of verifying performance. The TRTR community supports this work in scaled settings.

The National Organization of Test, Research and Training Reactors (TRTR) represents research reactor facilities across the nation from government, major universities, national laboratories, and industry. TRTR’s primary mission is education, fundamental and applied research, application of technology in areas of national concern, and improving U.S. technological competitiveness around the world. TRTR membership includes managers and directors of research reactors, educators, administrators, regulators, and research scientists and engineers.

Begun as a small technical group in the 1960s, TRTR quickly grew into a national organization and adopted its current name in 1976. The organization regularly holds an annual conference, hosted by a member institution, to discuss current technical and regulatory issues, advances in research and education, operating experience, and development of new applications in medicine, materials, health and safety, information technology, and environmental sciences, among others. TRTR provides expert technical assistance to member institutions and others through peer reviews, audits, and assessments. It also publishes a quarterly newsletter, which provides the latest information in all areas of interest to the membership. The newsletter is widely distributed within and outside TRTR, in the U.S. and abroad.