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Nuclear Reactor

Overview

The McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR) first became operational in 1959 and was the first university-based research reactor in the British Commonwealth.

The nuclear reactor was designed with its end use as a multi-purpose research facility in mind.Its open-pool design provides ready access to the reactor core and allows for easy insertion and removal of samples for neutron irradiation, imparting a degree of flexibility that many other classes of reactors lack.

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