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DCA

DCA, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Tokyo, Japan, with 1 kW of thermal power, operated by JAEA. Shut down, first critical in 1969.

It was one of the 27 research reactors Japan has had; 9 remain in operation today. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in Japan, JRR-1 (1957). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

1 kW

Operator

JAEA

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1969

Purpose

Teaching, training

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