China · Beijing · 39.907, 116.397 (approximate location)

ESR-901

ESR-901, a research reactor (pool) in Beijing, China, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology. Operating, first critical in 1964.

It is one of the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 6 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 transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching and training.

Country

China

City

Beijing

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching, training

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