Talk:MIT Nuclear Research Reactor

Core Layout
I was going to write this in the article, but my brain isn't working well enough right now.

The very center is what could be called quasi-regular rhombic tiling, but there are only 3 assemblies following that pattern, so not really tiling. The rest is arranged in a regular rhombic tiling (which I find no Wikipedia article on) in 3 regions. 

So someone else can figure out what to call that. I'd upload the picture, but it would just get deleted. theanphibian 19:26, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It might be better described as three rings? That's how it's described in the manuals, and is the basis for the position labels. And duplicating the core layout diagram from scratch ought to be copyright-safe. Sho Uemura 15:03, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * huh, I did not know this about copyright. But now I have a question about the core for you.  I sort of remember reading somewhere that there is only one plate fuel element per assembly.  Is this true (it seems like it would be a case of severe over moderation)?  And is there any methodology to the orientation of these plates? theanphibian 17:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That is not the case - the core description page says there are 15 plates per assembly. The orientations are not fixed, though naturally the plates are parallel within a single element. Sho Uemura 00:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi guys I have a photo of the outside of the reactor taken from public property but have no Idea how to upload it to the site (I don't know HTML)is there anyone who could help me with this?- crash575  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crash575 (talk • contribs) 15:40, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I uploaded a photo of the reactor to the commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:MIT_Nuclear_Research_Reactor.jpg but I'm not sure how to embed it into the MIT Reactor page. Crash575 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crash575 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Great work! Your picture is a valuable contribution to this series. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 17:31, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Future
It appears to be US Government policy to ultimately shut down all HEU-fueled civilian research reactors. If I recall correctly, the MIT reactor can't run on regular (low-enriched) uranium due to its small scale. Is there any published information about what will happen with the MIT reactor when this phaseout is complete and HEU fuel is no longer available? 121a0012 (talk) 05:05, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

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Reference 2 seems to be broken
The wayback machine doesn't seem to have stored the reactor list at https://web.archive.org/web/20080516025307/http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/rrdb/

I am trying to find an updated list now.

Zerohourrct (talk) 02:39, 13 July 2018 (UTC)