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NHR-5

NHR-5, a research reactor (other) in Beijing, China, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology. Operating, first critical in 1989.

It is one of the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 31 years after the first research reactor in China, HWRR-II (1958). It has been 37 years since its first criticality.

Country

China

City

Beijing

Type

Other

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology

Status

Operating

First criticality

1989

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