Pakistan · Khushab District · 32.005, 72.189

Khushab-I

Khushab-I, a research reactor (heavy water) in Khushab District, Pakistan, with 50 MW of thermal power, operated by KNC. Operating, first critical in 1998.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Pakistan, of the 6 currently operating. It went critical 33 years after the first research reactor in Pakistan, PARR-1 (1965). It is one of 10 heavy-water research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 7 countries. It has been 28 years since its first criticality.

Country

Pakistan

City

Khushab District

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

50 MW

Operator

KNC

Status

Operating

First criticality

1998

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