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VENUS-1

VENUS-1, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Beijing, China, operated by China Institute of Atomic Energy. Operating, first critical in 2005.

It is one of the 18 research reactors operating in China, one of 2 zero-power assemblies among them. It went critical 47 years after the first research reactor in China, HWRR-II (1958). It is one of 20 subcritical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 13 countries.

Country

China

City

Beijing

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

China Institute of Atomic Energy

Status

Operating

First criticality

2005

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