China · Chengdu · 30.660, 104.063 (approximate location)

HFETR

HFETR, a research reactor (tank) in Chengdu, China, with 125 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Power Institute of China. Operating, first critical in 1979.

It is the most powerful research reactor in China, of the 18 currently operating. It went critical 21 years after the first research reactor in China, HWRR-II (1958). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, transmutation, gemstone irradiation and teaching.

Country

China

City

Chengdu

Type

Tank

Thermal power

125 MW

Operator

Nuclear Power Institute of China

Status

Operating

First criticality

1979

Purpose

Isotope production, transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching, training, materials testing

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