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PANNA

PANNA, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Otwock, Poland, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Institute of Nuclear Research. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 6 research reactors Poland has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 5 years after the first research reactor in Poland, EWA (1958). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

Poland

City

Otwock

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Institute of Nuclear Research

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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