India · Mumbai · 19.076, 72.877 (approximate location)

Apsara-U

Apsara-U, a research reactor (pool) in Mumbai, India, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Operating, first critical in 2018.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 5 research reactors operating in India. It went critical 62 years after the first research reactor in India, Apsara (1956). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and activation analysis.

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Status

Operating

First criticality

2018

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, activation analysis

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