China · Chengdu · 30.660, 104.063 (approximate location)

PPR PULSING

PPR PULSING, a research reactor (pool) in Chengdu, China, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Power Institute of China. Operating, first critical in 1990.

It is one of the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 32 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. It has been 36 years since its first criticality.

Country

China

City

Chengdu

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Nuclear Power Institute of China

Status

Operating

First criticality

1990

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