The MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab (NRL) is home to a 6 MW nuclear research reactor known as the MITR. The NRL supports education, training, and cutting-edge research in the areas of nuclear fission engineering, material science, neutron physics, geochemistry, and more. It provides faculty and students from MIT and the broad scientific and engineering community with both a state-of-the-art nuclear facility and the infrastructure to enable its use for important research.