Japan · Osaka · 34.694, 135.502 (approximate location)

KUR

KUR, a research reactor (tank) in Osaka, Japan, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University. Operating, first critical in 1964.

By thermal power it ranks fourth among the 9 research reactors operating in Japan. It went critical 7 years after the first research reactor in Japan, JRR-1 (1957). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching and training.

Country

Japan

City

Osaka

Type

Tank

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy, materials testing

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