Japan · Tokai-Mura · 36.473, 140.566 (approximate location)

JRR-2

JRR-2, a research reactor (tank) in Tokai-Mura, Japan, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by Tokai Research Establishment. Shut down, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 27 research reactors Japan has had; 9 remain in operation today. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Japan, JRR-1 (1957). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

Japan

City

Tokai-Mura

Type

Tank

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

Tokai Research Establishment

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1960

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