Japan · Tokai · 36.473, 140.566 (approximate location)

VHTRC

VHTRC, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Tokai, Japan, with 10 W of thermal power, operated by Tokai Research Establishment. Decommissioned, first critical in 1985.

It was one of the 27 research reactors Japan has had; 9 remain in operation today. It went critical 28 years after the first research reactor in Japan, JRR-1 (1957). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries.

Country

Japan

City

Tokai

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

10 W

Operator

Tokai Research Establishment

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1985

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