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MARIA

MARIA, a research reactor (pool) in Otwock, Poland, with 30 MW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Atomic Energy. Operating, first critical in 1974.

It is the only research reactor operating in Poland today; the country has shut down 5 others. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in Poland, EWA (1958). 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 transmutation.

Country

Poland

City

Otwock

Type

Pool

Thermal power

30 MW

Operator

Institute of Atomic Energy

Status

Operating

First criticality

1974

Purpose

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

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