Country | Pakistan, Islamic Republic of |
Facility Name | PARR-2 |
Facility Number | PK-0002 |
Status | OPERATIONAL |
Last Updated | 2008/12/03 |
General Data |
Owner | PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION |
Operator | PAKISTAN INST. OF NUCLEAR SCI. & TECHNOLOGY |
Licensing | PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION |
Construction Date | 1988/01/01 |
Criticality Date | 1989/11/02 |
Safeguards | IAEA |
Initial Cost | 2 M US$ |
Annual Cost | 70 K US$ |
Total Staff | 10 |
No of Operators | 7 |
Technical Data |
Reactor Type | MNSR |
Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 30.00 |
Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E12 |
Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s) | 3.2E11 |
Thermal Power, Pulsed (MW) | 0.00 |
Max Flux Pulsed, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | |
Max Flux Pulsed, Fast (n/cm2-s) | |
Moderator | LIGHT WATER |
Coolant | LIGHT WATER |
Natural Convection Cooling | YES |
Forced Cooling | |
Coolant Velocity in Core | 10 MM/S |
Reflector | BE,H2O |
Reflector Number of Sides | ANNULAR+TOP+BOTTOM |
Control Rods Material | CD |
Control Rods number | 1 |
Experimental Facilities |
Horizontal Channels | |
Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Horizontal Use | |
Vertical Channels | |
Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Vertical Use | |
Core Irradiation Facilities | |
Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Reflector Irradiation Facilities | 10 |
Loops Number | |
Loops Max Flux | |
Loops use |
Fuel data |
Origin of Fissile Material | CHINA |
Enrichment Supplier | CHINA |
Equilibrium Core Size | 344 |
Plates per Element | |
Dimensions of Plates | |
Rods per Element | 1 |
Dimensions of Rods, mm | dia 5.5; 250 length |
Tubes per Element | |
Dimensions of Tubes, mm | |
Cladding Material | AL ALLOY |
Cladding Thickness, mm | 0.6 |
Fuel Material | U-AL ALLOY |
Fuel Thickness, mm | 4.3 DIA |
Uranium Density, g/cm3 | 0.86 |
Burnup on Discharge, max % | 1.5 |
Burnup Average, % | |
Last Shipment Year | |
Last Receipt Year | 1989 |
Fuel Fabricator | CHINA |
Utilization |
Hours per Day | 5 |
Days per Week | 1 |
Weeks per Year | 50 |
MW Days per Year | 3 |
Materials/fuel test experiments | NO |
Isotope Production | NO |
Neutron Scattering | NO |
Neutron Radiography | NO |
Neutron capture therapy | NO |
Activation Analysis | INAA, RNAA, CNAA |
982 | |
Transmutation | NO |
Geochronology | NO |
Teaching | Number of students: 50 |
Training | Number of operators/experimenters trained: 2 |
Other Uses | Tours for visitors. |
Operating Experience |
Reactor | Thermal Power | Date of | Operational for | |||
Category | Type | kW | Criticality | Construction | Years | Months |
RESEARCH | MNSR | 30.00 | 1989/11/02 | 1988/01/01 | 20 | 3 |