China · Mianyang · 31.468, 104.679 (approximate location)

CMRR (China Mianyang Research Reactor)

CMRR (China Mianyang Research Reactor), a research reactor (pool) in Mianyang, China, with 20 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry. Operating, first critical in 2013.

By thermal power it ranks fourth among the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 55 years after the first research reactor in China, HWRR-II (1958). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include neutron scattering and neutron radiography.

Country

China

City

Mianyang

Type

Pool

Thermal power

20 MW

Operator

Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry

Status

Operating

First criticality

2013

Purpose

Neutron scattering, neutron radiography

See also: every research reactor in China · How research reactors work