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ZPRL

ZPRL, a research reactor (pool) in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, with 30 kW of thermal power, operated by Institute of Nuclear Energy Research. Shut down, first critical in 1971.

It was one of the 6 research reactors Taiwan has had; 1 remains in operation today. It went critical 10 years after the first research reactor in Taiwan, THOR (1961). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Taiwan

City

Taoyuan City

Type

Pool

Thermal power

30 kW

Operator

Institute of Nuclear Energy Research

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1971

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