China · Chengdu · 30.660, 104.063 (approximate location)

Zero Power Reactor

Zero Power Reactor, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Chengdu, China, operated by Nuclear Power Institute of China. Shut down, first critical in 1966.

It was one of the 22 research reactors China has had; 18 remain in operation today. It went critical 8 years after the first research reactor in China, HWRR-II (1958). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries.

Country

China

City

Chengdu

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Nuclear Power Institute of China

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1966

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