India · Mumbai · 19.076, 72.877 (approximate location)

PURNIMA

PURNIMA, a research reactor (fast) in Mumbai, India, operated by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Decommissioned, first critical in 1972.

It was one of the 11 research reactors India has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in India, Apsara (1956). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries.

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Type

Fast

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1972

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