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UTR KINKI

UTR KINKI, a research reactor (other) in Osaka, Japan, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by Atomic Energy Research Institute. Operating, first critical in 1961.

By thermal power it ranks ninth among the 9 research reactors operating in Japan. It went critical 4 years after the first research reactor in Japan, JRR-1 (1957). Its declared uses include neutron radiography, teaching, training and activation analysis. It has been 65 years since its first criticality.

Country

Japan

City

Osaka

Type

Other

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

Atomic Energy Research Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

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