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IRR-2

IRR-2, a research reactor (heavy water) in Yavne, Israel, with 26 MW of thermal power, operated by Israel Atomic Energy Commission. Operating, first critical in 1963.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Israel, of the 2 currently operating. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Israel, IRR-1 (1960). It is one of 10 heavy-water research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 7 countries. It has been 63 years since its first criticality.

Country

Israel

City

Yavne

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

26 MW

Operator

Israel Atomic Energy Commission

Status

Operating

First criticality

1963

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