This database contains 60 research reactors performing Materiel Irradiation distributed over 25 Member States.

As high flux research reactors are able to reproduce mechanical strains undergone by materials in power reactors, they provide an essential support to study the ageing of generation II power plants, to optimise the generation III plants and to test fuels and breeder capacities for generation IV (planned by 2050). Research concerning nuclear fusion is also important, since dedicated research and development is needed to find materials meeting needs for fusion: resistance against temperature of several million degrees and high-energy neutron irradiation.

Dedicated irradiation loop/channel for HTR material investigations (NRI, Rez, Czech Republic)