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The Maryland University Training Reactor (MUTR) is a TRIGA pool-type nuclear reactor operated by the University of Maryland (UMD). It first achieved criticality in 1960, making it the first nuclear reactor in the state of Maryland. UMD operates this reactor for training, education, and research purposes.

Reactor
The original 10kW MTR Reactor was bought by the Department of Chemical Engineering for training graduate and undergraduate students under Atomic Energy Commission scholastic grants. The first startup was 1960. The MUTR operated as an 10kW reactor until it was upgraded to 250kW and converted to low-enriched Uranium fuel in 1974.

Conversion to LEU
The MUTR has been one of the many research reactors to make the conversion from high-enriched Uranium to low-enriched Uranium. The new TRIGA design uses low-enriched Uranium, and operates at 250kW.