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HANARO

HANARO, a research reactor (pool) in Daejeon, South Korea, with 30 MW of thermal power, operated by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Operating, first critical in 1995.

It is the most powerful research reactor in South Korea, of the 2 currently operating. It went critical 33 years after the first research reactor in South Korea, KRR-1 (1962). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. It is one of 3 research reactors in 2 countries that KAERI designed or built.

Country

South Korea

City

Daejeon

Type

Pool

Thermal power

30 MW

Operator

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Design and construction

Designed and built by KAERI

Status

Operating

First criticality

1995

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, silicon doping, transmutation, teaching, training, activation analysis, geochronology, materials testing

See also: every research reactor in South Korea · How research reactors work · every reactor by KAERI