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CIRUS

CIRUS, a research reactor (heavy water) in Mumbai, India, with 40 MW of thermal power, operated by BARC Reactor Operations Division. Shut down, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 11 research reactors India has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 4 years after the first research reactor in India, Apsara (1956). 10 heavy-water research reactors remain in operation today across 7 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and transmutation.

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

40 MW

Operator

BARC Reactor Operations Division

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, transmutation, training, activation analysis, materials testing

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