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WWR-K Almaty

WWR-K Almaty, a research reactor (tank) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with 6 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP, RK). Operating, first critical in 1967.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 4 research reactors operating in Kazakhstan. It went critical 7 years after the first research reactor in Kazakhstan, IGR (1960). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and transmutation.

Country

Kazakhstan

City

Almaty

Type

Tank

Thermal power

6 MW

Operator

Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP, RK)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, transmutation, gemstone irradiation, teaching, training, activation analysis, materials testing

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