Iran · Isfahan · 32.665, 51.670 (approximate location)

ENTC LWSCR

ENTC LWSCR, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Isfahan, Iran, operated by Esfahan Nuclear Technology Centre. Operating, first critical in 1992.

It is one of the 4 research reactors operating in Iran, the only zero-power assembly among them. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in Iran, Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) (1967). It is one of 20 subcritical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 13 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Iran

City

Isfahan

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Esfahan Nuclear Technology Centre

Status

Operating

First criticality

1992

Purpose

Teaching, training

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