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University of Florida

🇺🇸 Gainesville, US · Active

Also known as UF, UFTR, UF Training Reactor

The University of Florida in Gainesville operates the University of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR). It is a 100-kilowatt modified Argonaut-type reactor, moderated by light water and graphite, commissioned in 1959, and Wikipedia describes it as the only research reactor in Florida. The university's Nuclear Engineering Program uses it for training, radiation detection and reactor physics courses, and for training future reactor operators.

Sector
Fission
Role
University, Research institute, Operator

It is the operator of record for University of Florida Training Reactor (operating).

Design values

Design values for devices operated by University of Florida. These are what a machine was built to do, not results.
DeviceParameterValueUnitStatus
University of Florida Training ReactorThermal capacity (rated)0.1MWdesign valueclaimed

Devices

University of Florida Training ReactorWater-cooledOperating1 figure on record

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