China · Beijing · 39.741, 116.030

CEFR

CEFR, a research reactor (fast) in Beijing, China, with 65 MW of thermal power, operated by CIAE. Operating, first critical in 2010.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 52 years after the first research reactor in China, HWRR-II (1958). It is one of 15 fast research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. It is one of 4 research reactors in 3 countries that Rosatom / URSS designed or built.

Country

China

City

Beijing

Type

Fast

Thermal power

65 MW

Operator

CIAE

Design and construction

Designed by CIAE (CNNC) · built by OKBM Afrikantov (Rosatom)

Status

Operating

First criticality

2010

Purpose

Materials testing

See also: every research reactor in China · How research reactors work · every reactor by Rosatom / URSS