Libya · Tajoura · 32.882, 13.340 (approximate location)

TNRC Critical Facility

TNRC Critical Facility, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Tajoura, Libya, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Tajoura Nuclear Research Center. Operating, first critical in 1983.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 2 research reactors operating in Libya. It went critical 2 years after the first research reactor in Libya, IRT-1 (1981). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Libya

City

Tajoura

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Tajoura Nuclear Research Center

Status

Operating

First criticality

1983

Purpose

Teaching, training

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