Pakistan · Islamabad · 33.699, 73.037 (approximate location)

PARR-1

PARR-1, a research reactor (pool) in Islamabad, Pakistan, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology. Operating, first critical in 1965.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 6 research reactors operating in Pakistan. It was the first research reactor in Pakistan to go critical and is still operating 61 years later. It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

Pakistan

City

Islamabad

Type

Pool

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology

Status

Operating

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, geochronology

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