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NUR

NUR, a research reactor (pool) in Draria, Algeria, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Centre de Recherche Nucléaire de Draria (CRND). Operating, first critical in 1989.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 3 research reactors operating in Algeria. It was the first research reactor in Algeria to go critical and is still operating 37 years later. It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. It is one of 9 research reactors in 7 countries that INVAP designed or built.

Country

Algeria

City

Draria

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Centre de Recherche Nucléaire de Draria (CRND)

Design and construction

Designed and built by INVAP

Status

Operating

First criticality

1989

Purpose

Training, reactor physics, neutron activation analysis, neutron scattering (SANS, reflectometry), neutron radiography, radioisotope production (laboratory scale)

See also: every research reactor in Algeria · How research reactors work · every reactor by INVAP