China · Chengdu · 30.660, 104.063 (approximate location)

MJTR

MJTR, a research reactor (pool) in Chengdu, China, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Power Institute of China. Operating, first critical in 1991.

It is one of the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 33 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 isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation and gemstone irradiation.

Country

China

City

Chengdu

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Nuclear Power Institute of China

Status

Operating

First criticality

1991

Purpose

Isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching, training

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