| has gloss | eng: The Washington State University Reactor (WSUR) is housed in the Washington State University Nuclear Radiation Center (WSUNRC), and was built in 1961 under President Eisenhowers Atoms for Peace initiative. It was initially a 100 kW General Electric MTR plate-type reactor, but was upgraded in 1966 to a 1MW General Atomics TRIGA (Teaching Research Isotopes General Atomics) reactor. The WSUR operated with this TRIGA fuel until the Fuel Life Improvement Program (FLIP) once again upgraded the reactor in 1975 with a partial new core of high-enriched TRIGA FLIP fuel designed for an extended lifetime. Due to the extensive work, cost, and the number of research reactors undergoing the procedure, the WSUR was not converted until October 2008. All FLIP fuel was replaced by another TRIGA fuel known as 30/20 LEU and when the new core went critical on October 7, 2008 it became the worlds only mixed 8.5/20(Standard TRIGA) and 30/20 LEU core. |
