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Budapest Research Reactor

Budapest Research Reactor, a research reactor (tank) in Budapest, Hungary, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by Atomic Energy Research Institute. Operating, first critical in 1959.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Hungary, of the 2 currently operating. It was the first research reactor in Hungary to go critical and is still operating 67 years later. It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

Hungary

City

Budapest

Type

Tank

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

Atomic Energy Research Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, geochronology, innovative research, nuclear data, materials testing

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