**4. Conclusion**

The Idaho State University AGN-201 reactor is a very safe, low-power, solid-core reactor designed with students and teaching in mind. It was developed in the late 1950's by AGN to satisfy the need of university nuclear engineering departments for a relatively inexpensive, safe, flexible and available reactor with a long design life. The AGN-201 reactor is well suited for teaching and research activities. The solidcore AGN-201 reactor requires no active cooling system, uses a simple shielding arrangement, and the very low operating power results in trivial burnup providing an operating lifetime exceeding many decades. The AGN-201 reactor is used to help prepare nuclear engineering and other students for entry into the nuclear workforce. The reactor introduces students to the disciplined, structured environment of operating a reactor licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The reactor offers students hands-on experience, provides opportunities to demonstrate the operation of reactors and a variety of the traditional applications of reactors such as neutron activation, and introduces them to the application of nuclear instrumentation, applied principles of health physics, and more. With the recently installed reactor console upgrade, the ISU AGN-201 reactor is poised to serve students for many decades to come.

*Idaho State University AGN-201 Low Power Teaching Reactor: An Overlooked Gem DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.105799*
