China · Chengdu · 30.660, 104.063 (approximate location)

SPRR-300

SPRR-300, a research reactor (pool) in Chengdu, China, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics & Chemistry. Operating, first critical in 1979.

By thermal power it ranks ninth among the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 21 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 neutron radiography, silicon doping, transmutation and gemstone irradiation.

Country

China

City

Chengdu

Type

Pool

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics & Chemistry

Status

Operating

First criticality

1979

Purpose

Neutron radiography, silicon doping, transmutation, gemstone irradiation, training

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