India · Mumbai · 19.076, 72.877 (approximate location)

Dhruva

Dhruva, a research reactor (heavy water) in Mumbai, India, with 100 MW of thermal power, operated by BARC, Reactor Operations Division. Operating, first critical in 1985.

It is the most powerful research reactor in India, of the 5 currently operating. It went critical 29 years after the first research reactor in India, Apsara (1956). It is one of 10 heavy-water research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 7 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

100 MW

Operator

BARC, Reactor Operations Division

Status

Operating

First criticality

1985

Purpose

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

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