South Korea · Seoul · 37.560, 126.990 (approximate location)

KRR-2

KRR-2, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Seoul, South Korea, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). Decommissioned, first critical in 1972.

It was one of the 4 research reactors South Korea has had; 2 remain in operation today. It went critical 10 years after the first research reactor in South Korea, KRR-1 (1962). 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

South Korea

City

Seoul

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1972

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