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University of California, Irvine

🇺🇸 Irvine, US · Active

Also known as UC Irvine, UCI

The University of California, Irvine is a public research university in Irvine, California. It operates a TRIGA Mark I research reactor, which Wikipedia's list of research reactors gives as 250 kilowatts and operating since 1969. The Z-pinch fusion company Magneto Inertial Fusion Technology Inc. (MIFTI) was founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the university.

Sector
Fission
Role
University, Research institute, Operator

It is the operator of record for UC Irvine TRIGA reactor (operating).

Design values

Design values for devices operated by University of California, Irvine. These are what a machine was built to do, not results.
DeviceParameterValueUnitStatus
UC Irvine TRIGA reactorThermal capacity (rated)0.25MWdesign valueclaimed

Devices

UC Irvine TRIGA reactorWater-cooledOperating1 figure on record

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