India · Mumbai · 19.076, 72.877 (approximate location)

PURNIMA-III

PURNIMA-III, a research reactor (tank) in Mumbai, India, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by BARC, Neutron Physics Division. Decommissioned, first critical in 1990.

It was one of the 11 research reactors India has had; 5 remain in operation today. It went critical 34 years after the first research reactor in India, Apsara (1956). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Type

Tank

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

BARC, Neutron Physics Division

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1990

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