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RSG-GAS

RSG-GAS, a materials test reactor (MTR) in Serpong, Indonesia, with 30 MW of thermal power, operated by Pusat Reaktor Serba Guna (PRSG). Operating, first critical in 1987.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Indonesia, of the 3 currently operating. It went critical 23 years after the first research reactor in Indonesia, TRIGA Mark II, Bandung (1964). It is one of 5 materials test reactors (MTR) operating worldwide, spread across 5 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and transmutation.

Country

Indonesia

City

Serpong

Type

Materials test reactor (MTR)

Thermal power

30 MW

Operator

Pusat Reaktor Serba Guna (PRSG)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1987

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching, training, activation analysis

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