ETRR-2
| (Multi-Purpose) Experimental Training Research Reactor No. 2 | |
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| Operating Institution | Nuclear Research Center |
| Location | Inshas, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°17′35.0″N 31°24′32.5″E / 30.293056°N 31.409028°ECoordinates: 30°17′35.0″N 31°24′32.5″E / 30.293056°N 31.409028°E |
| Type | Light Water Pool-type reactor |
| Power | 22 MW (thermal) |
| Construction and Upkeep | |
| Construction Cost | US$75 million |
| Construction Began | December 1, 1992 |
| First Criticality | November 27, 1997 |
| Annual Upkeep Cost | US$6 million |
| Staff | 25 |
| Operators | 8 |
| Technical Specifications | |
| Max Thermal Flux | 2.8E14 |
| Max Fast Flux | 2.2E14 |
| Cooling | Light Water |
| Neutron Moderator | Light Water |
| Neutron Reflector | BE |
| Control Rods | AG,IN,CD |
| Cladding Material | Aluminum Alloy |
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ETRR-2 or ET-RR-2 (Experimental Training Research Reactor Number two), (Egypt Test and Research Reactor Number two) or (Multi-Purpose Reactor) is the second nuclear reactor in Egypt supplied by the Argentine company Investigacion Aplicada (INVAP) in 1992. The reactor is owned and operated by Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) at the Nuclear Research Center in Inshas, 60 kilometers northeast of Cairo.
Since 1990, Egypt started to search for a new research reactor to replace the aging ETRR-1 and the Israeli press claimed that Egypt was cooperating with Pakistan, Iraq and Argentina to build a plutonium-producing reactor for nuclear weapons. Finally, Egypt announced international tender and among the bidders were the Canadian Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, the French Framatome and the Argentinian INVAP.
On September 1992, a contract was signed between INVAP and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) and a branch office of INVAP in Nasr City was established to oversee the project with the construction works began in 1993 jointly by Argentina and Egypt.
On November 1997, ETRR-2 achieved initial criticality, and was inaugurated by the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and the Argentine president Carlos Menem on February 1998.
ETRR-2 is a Material Testing Reactor (MTR), multi-purpose open pool type 22 MW reactor with an initial fuel load of 19.75% enriched uranium U235 imported from Russia and the last shipment was delivered by Argentina in 1997. Since that, Egypt has fabricated the fuel rods for the ETRR-2 from the Fuel Manufacturing Pilot Plant (FMPP), which is located at the Nuclear Research Center in Inshas. The reactor core is cooled and moderated by light water and beryllium reflector. The spent fuel from the ETRR-2 reactor stored in a water-filled spent fuel pool near the reactor waiting for final disposal in deep geological formations.
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