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IHNI-1

IHNI-1, a research reactor (tank) in Beijing, China, with 30 kW of thermal power, operated by Beijing Capture Tech Co., Ltd.. Operating, first critical in 2009.

It is one of the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 51 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 training, activation analysis and neutron capture therapy.

Country

China

City

Beijing

Type

Tank

Thermal power

30 kW

Operator

Beijing Capture Tech Co., Ltd.

Status

Operating

First criticality

2009

Purpose

Training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy

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