Japan · Saitama · 35.950, 139.550 (approximate location)

MCF

MCF, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Saitama, Japan, with 200 W of thermal power, operated by Mitsubishi Central Research Institute. Decommissioned, 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.

Country

Japan

City

Saitama

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

200 W

Operator

Mitsubishi Central Research Institute

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1969

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