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ZERLINA

ZERLINA, a research reactor (tank) in Kalpakkam, India, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

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

Country

India

City

Kalpakkam

Type

Tank

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

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