UHTREX
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The Ultra-High Temperature Reactor Experiment (UHTREX) was an experimental gas-cooled nuclear reactor run at Los Alamos National Laboratory between 1959 and 1971 as part of research into reducing the cost of nuclear power. Its purpose was to test and compare the advantages of using a simple fuel against the disadvantages of a contaminated cooling loop. It first achieved full power in 1969.
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- Instance of
- gas-cooled reactor
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Los Alamos County
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- located in/on physical feature
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
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- Reactor core design
- Advantages
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- Specifications
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The Ultra-High Temperature Reactor Experiment (UHTREX) was an experimental gas-cooled nuclear reactor run at Los Alamos National Laboratory between 1959 and 1971 as part of research into reducing the cost of nuclear power. Its purpose was to test and compare the advantages of using a simple fuel against the disadvantages of a contaminated cooling loop. It first achieved full power in 1969.
The experiment was a spin-off from Project Rover, intended to develop a nuclear thermal rocket.
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