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List of nuclear research reactors

This is an annotated list of all the nuclear fission-based nuclear research reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were built for the purpose of producing material for nuclear weapons.

Algeria

Antarctica

Argentina

Australia

Notes: The main uses of the current OPAL reactor are:

  • Irradiation of target materials to produce radioisotopes for medical and industrial applications
  • Research in the fields of materials science and structural biology using neutron beams and its sophisticated suite of experimental equipment
  • Analysis of minerals and samples using the neutron activation technique and the delay neutron activation technique
  • Irradiation of silicon ingots in order to dope them with phosphorus and produce the basic material used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices

Austria

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

  • GUINEVERE – fast, accelerator driven, lead-cooled reactor at SCK•CEN, Mol

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Czech Republic

Denmark

Egypt

Estonia

  • Paldiski – 2 PWR naval training reactors (dismantled)

Finland

France

Working:

Georgia

Germany

  • AKR II – Ausbildungskernreaktor II, Technische Universität Dresden; rating: 2 W, commissioned 2005
  • AVR – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor, Forschungszentrum Jülich; rating: 15 MW, commissioned 1969; closed 1988
  • BER II – Berliner-Experimentier-Reaktor II, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie; rating: 10 MW, commissioned 1990, closed 2019
  • FRG-1 (see GKSS Research Center) – Geesthacht; rating: 5 MW, commissioned 1958, closed 2010
  • FRM II – Technische Universität München; rating: 20 MW, commissioned 2004
  • FRMZ – TRIGA of the University of Mainz, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry; continuous rating: 0.10 MW, pulse rating for 30ms: 250 MW; commissioned 1965
  • FR2 - Forschungsreaktor 2; rating: 44 MW; commissioned 1957; closed: 1981
  • SUR-FW "Neutron"; Hochschule Furtwangen University; type Siemens-Unterrichtsreaktor SUR-100; rating: 0.1 W; commissioned 1973
  • SUR-S; University of Stuttgart; type Siemens-Unterrichtsreaktor SUR-100; rating: 0.1 W; commissioned 1964
  • SUR-U; Ulm University of Applied Sciences; type Siemens-Unterrichtsreaktor SUR-100; rating: 0.1 W; commissioned 1965

Planned

  • Wyhl, planned nuclear plant that was never built because of long-time resistance by the local population and environmentalists.

Ghana

Greece

Hungary

India

  • Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) – Trombay
  • Apsara reactor – Asia's first nuclear reactor. 1 MW, pool type, light water moderated, enriched uranium fuel supplied by France
  • CIRUS reactor – 40 MW, supplied by Canada, heavy water moderated, uses natural uranium fuel
  • Dhruva reactor – 100 MW, heavy water moderated, uses natural uranium fuel
  • Purnima series
  • Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) – Kalpakkam
  • PFBR – 500MWe Sodium cooled fast breeder nuclear reactor, under construction. Expected completion 2015.
  • FBTR – 40 MW Fast Breeder Test Reactor, uses mixed (plutonium and uranium) carbide fuel
  • KAMINI –30 kW, uses U-233 fuel

Indonesia

Iran

  • Tehran – AMF reactor at Tehran Nuclear Research Center (supplied by USA, 1967)
  • Isfahan, Nuclear Technology Center (mainly supplied by China)
  • MNSR – 27 kW miniature neutron source reactor
  • light water subcritical reactor (LWSCR)
  • heavy water zero power reactor (HWZPR)
  • graphite subcritical reactor (GSCR)
  • Arak – IR-40 heavy water-moderated reactor (under construction, planned commissioning 2014)

Iraq

Note: Tamuz-1 and Tamuz-2 are parts of the same French nuclear research complex design, the OSIRIS research complex. All three reactors were located at the same site.

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Libya

Malaysia

Mexico

Morocco

Netherlands

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

Pakistan

Under IAEA safeguards

Not under IAEA safeguards

Panama

Peru

Philippines

Poland

  • Ewa reactor - 10 MW VVR-SM research reactor (dismantled in 1995)
  • Maria reactor - 30 MW research reactor
  • Anna reactor - 10 kW research reactor (dismantled)
  • Agata reactor - 10 W zero-power research reactor (dismantled)
  • Maryla reactor - 100 W zero-power research reactor (dismantled)
  • UR-100 reactor - 100 kW training reactor (dismantled)

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

A total of 98 nuclear research facilities, including:

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Thailand

Turkey

Fuel pilot plants

  • TRD Fuel Pilot Plant (Turkish Atomic Energy Authority)

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Army Nuclear Power Program

United States Naval reactors

Research reactors

Civilian (private and university) research and test reactors licensed to operate

Civilian (private and university) research and test reactors formerly licensed to operate

Research and test reactors under decommission orders or license amendments are authorized to decontaminate and dismantle their facility to prepare for final survey and license termination. Research and test reactors with possession-only licenses are not authorized to operate the reactor, only to possess the nuclear material on-hand. They are permanently shut down.

Civilian (private and university) research and test reactors in construction

Executive Order 14301 created DOE's Reactor Pilot Program, expediting advanced reactor testing outside national labs, targeting criticality for three test reactors by July 4, 2026. 11 Reactors are being developed as part of this program. This list is of the reactors already in construction.

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

See also

Notes and references

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