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PARR-2

PARR-2, a research reactor (tank) in Islamabad, Pakistan, with 30 kW of thermal power, operated by Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology. Operating, first critical in 1989.

By thermal power it ranks sixth among the 6 research reactors operating in Pakistan. It went critical 24 years after the first research reactor in Pakistan, PARR-1 (1965). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Pakistan

City

Islamabad

Type

Tank

Thermal power

30 kW

Operator

Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology

Status

Operating

First criticality

1989

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

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