Iraq · Baghdad · 33.315, 44.366 (approximate location)

TAMMUZ-2

TAMMUZ-2, a research reactor (pool) in Baghdad, Iraq, with 500 kW of thermal power, operated by Al Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. Shut down, first critical in 1987.

It was one of the 2 research reactors Iraq has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 20 years after the first research reactor in Iraq, IRT-5000 (1967). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Iraq

City

Baghdad

Type

Pool

Thermal power

500 kW

Operator

Al Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1987

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