List Of Nuclear Research Reactors
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s in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were built for the purpose of producing material for nuclear weapons.


Algeria


Antarctica


Argentina


Australia

Notes: The main uses of the current OPAL reactor are: * Irradiation of target materials to produce
radioisotopes A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it excess nuclear energy, and making it unstable. This excess energy can be used in one of three ...
for medical and industrial applications * Research in the fields of
materials science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials sci ...
and
structural biology Structural biology deals with structural analysis of living material (formed, composed of, and/or maintained and refined by living cells) at every level of organization. Early structural biologists throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries we ...
using neutron beams and its sophisticated suite of experimental equipment * Analysis of minerals and samples using the neutron activation technique and the delay neutron activation technique * Irradiation of silicon ingots in order to dope them with phosphorus and produce the basic material used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices


Austria


Bangladesh


Belarus


Belgium

* GUINEVERE – fast, accelerator driven, lead-cooled reactor at SCK•CEN, Mol


Brazil


Bulgaria


Canada


Chile


China


Democratic Republic of the Congo


Czech Republic


Denmark


Egypt


Estonia

*
Paldiski Paldiski is a seaside Populated places in Estonia, town in northwestern Estonia, located on the Pakri Peninsula and adjacent Pakri Islands, Pakri islands in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. It is the administrative centre of the Lääne- ...
– 2 PWR naval training reactors (dismantled)


Finland


France

Working: *Azur at
Cadarache Cadarache () in Southern France is the largest technological research and development centre for energy in Europe. It includes French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA research activities and ITER. CEA Cadarache is one of th ...
*Cabri at
Cadarache Cadarache () in Southern France is the largest technological research and development centre for energy in Europe. It includes French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA research activities and ITER. CEA Cadarache is one of th ...
*Eole at
Cadarache Cadarache () in Southern France is the largest technological research and development centre for energy in Europe. It includes French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA research activities and ITER. CEA Cadarache is one of th ...
*Masurca at
Cadarache Cadarache () in Southern France is the largest technological research and development centre for energy in Europe. It includes French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA research activities and ITER. CEA Cadarache is one of th ...
*Minerve at
Cadarache Cadarache () in Southern France is the largest technological research and development centre for energy in Europe. It includes French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA research activities and ITER. CEA Cadarache is one of th ...


Georgia


Germany

* AKR II – Ausbildungskernreaktor II, Technische Universität Dresden; rating: 2 W, commissioned 2005 * AVR – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor, Forschungszentrum Jülich; rating: 15 MW, commissioned 1969; closed 1988 * BER II – Berliner-Experimentier-Reaktor II, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie; rating: 10 MW, commissioned 1990, closed 2019 * FRG-1 (se
GKSS Research Center
– Geesthacht; rating: 5 MW, commissioned 1958 *
FRM II The Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (Forschungsreaktor München II or FRM II) () is a leading German research reactor and neutron source, named in honor of the physicist Heinz Maier-Leibnitz who had conducted a highly successful res ...
Technische Universität München The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; ) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Established in 1868 by King Ludwig II ...
; rating: 20 MW, commissioned 2004 * FRMZ – TRIGA of the
University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...
, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry; continuous rating: 0.10 MW, pulse rating for 30ms: 250 MW; commissioned 1965 * FR2 - Forschungsreaktor 2; rating: 44 MW; commissioned 1957; closed: 1981 * SUR-FW "Neutron";
Hochschule Furtwangen University Furtwangen University (HFU) is a German University of applied science with its main location in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and two more campuses in Villingen-Schwenningen and Tuttlingen. The HFU is part of the "Internat ...
; type Siemens-Unterrichtsreaktor SUR-100; rating: 0.1 W; commissioned 1973 * SUR-S;
University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...
; type Siemens-Unterrichtsreaktor SUR-100; rating: 0.1 W; commissioned 1964 * SUR-U; Ulm University of Applied Sciences; type Siemens-Unterrichtsreaktor SUR-100; rating: 0.1 W; commissioned 1965


Planned

*
Wyhl Wyhl, officially Wyhl am Kaiserstuhl (; ), is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. It is known in the 1970s for its role in the anti-nuclear movement. Wyhl was first mentioned in 1971 as a ...
, planned nuclear plant that was never built because of long-time resistance by the local population and
environmentalist Environmentalism is a broad Philosophy of life, philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of Green politics, g ...
s.


Ghana


Greece


Hungary


India

*Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) –
Trombay Trombay is an eastern suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), India. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is located there. History In 1548, Trombay and Chembur Chembur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ͡ʃembuːɾ is an upmarket large subur ...
** Apsara reactor – Asia's first nuclear reactor. 1 MW, pool type, light water moderated, enriched uranium fuel supplied by France **
CIRUS reactor CIRUS (Canada India Reactor Utility Services) was a research reactor at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Trombay near Mumbai, India. CIRUS was supplied by Canada in 1954, but used heavy water (deuterium oxide) supplied by the United S ...
– 40 MW, supplied by Canada, heavy water moderated, uses natural uranium fuel **
Dhruva reactor The Dhruva reactor is India's largest nuclear research reactor. It was the first nuclear reactor in Asia proper. Located in the Mumbai suburb of Trombay at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), it is India's primary generator of weapons-grade ...
– 100 MW, heavy water moderated, uses natural uranium fuel ** Purnima series *Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (
IGCAR Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is one of India's premier nuclear research centres. It is the second largest establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), next to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), located at Ka ...
) –
Kalpakkam Kalpakkam is a township in Tamil Nadu, India, situated on the Coromandel Coast 70 kilometres south of Chennai. A conglomerate of two villages (Puduppattinam and Sadurangappatinam) and a DAE township, it is about from Thiruvanmiyur and f ...
**
PFBR The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is a 500 MWe Sodium-cooled fast reactor, sodium-cooled, Breeder reactor#Fast breeder reactor, fast breeder reactor that is being constructed at the same site as the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kokkil ...
– 500MWe Sodium cooled fast breeder nuclear reactor, under construction. Expected completion 2015. **
FBTR The Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) is a breeder reactor located at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India. The Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) jointly designed, constructed, and operate the reac ...
– 40 MW Fast Breeder Test Reactor, uses mixed (plutonium and uranium) carbide fuel ** KAMINI –30 kW, uses U-233 fuel


Indonesia


Iran

*
Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
– AMF reactor at Tehran Nuclear Research Center (supplied by USA, 1967) *
Isfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...
, Nuclear Technology Center (mainly supplied by China) ** MNSR – 27 kW miniature neutron source reactor ** light water subcritical reactor (LWSCR) ** heavy water zero power reactor (HWZPR) ** graphite subcritical reactor (GSCR) * ArakIR-40 heavy water-moderated reactor (under construction, planned commissioning 2014)


Iraq

Note: Tamuz-1 and Tamuz-2 are parts of the same French nuclear research complex design, the OSIRIS research complex. All three reactors were located at the same site.


Israel


Italy

* Brasimone (Bologna) – PEC (Prove Esperimenti Combustibile - Fuel Test Experiments): ENEA Ente Nazionale Energia Atomica - National Atomic Energy Agency - Brasimone Research Center (1972–1987) *
Ispra Ispra is a ''comune'' and small town on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy). Toponymy Attested by the name ''Ispira'' (712), ''Ispira'' (XIV). Appears as ''Ispratium'' in Aegidius Tschudi's '' ...
(Varese) – ISPRA-1 (5 MW):
European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...
Joint Research Centre The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to European Union (EU) policy. Leadersh ...
(1959–1973) *
Ispra Ispra is a ''comune'' and small town on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy). Toponymy Attested by the name ''Ispira'' (712), ''Ispira'' (XIV). Appears as ''Ispratium'' in Aegidius Tschudi's '' ...
(Varese) – ECO (Essai Critique ORGEL, 1 kW):
European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...
Joint Research Centre The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to European Union (EU) policy. Leadersh ...
(1966–1983) *
Ispra Ispra is a ''comune'' and small town on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy). Toponymy Attested by the name ''Ispira'' (712), ''Ispira'' (XIV). Appears as ''Ispratium'' in Aegidius Tschudi's '' ...
(Varese) – ESSOR (ESSai ORrganique eau lourde, 25MW):
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Joint Research Centre The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to European Union (EU) policy. Leadersh ...
(1967–1983) *
Legnaro Legnaro is a ''comune'' in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southeast of Padua. As of 31 December, 2010, it had a population of 8,594 and an area of .All demographics and other stati ...
(Padova) - RTS-1: INFN
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN; "National Institute for Nuclear Physics") is the coordinating institution for nuclear, particle, theoretical and astroparticle physics in Italy. History INFN was founded on the 8th of August 1 ...
- National Institute for Nuclear Physic (1963–1980) *
Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
- L-54 (50 kW): CeSNEF Centro Studi Nucleari "Enrico Fermi" -
Politecnico di Milano The Polytechnic University of Milan (, abbreviated as PoliMi) is a university in Milan, Italy. It is the largest technical university in the country, with about 40,000 enrolled students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and higher ...
(1957–1979) * Montecuccolino (Bologna) - RB-1 (zero-power reactor):
University of Bologna The University of Bologna (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...
(1962–1985) * Montecuccolino (Bologna) - RB-2 (1 kW):
University of Bologna The University of Bologna (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...
(1964–1985) * Montecuccolino (Bologna) - RB-3 - Aquilone 11 (1 kW):
University of Bologna The University of Bologna (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...
(1971–1989) *
Pavia Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was a major polit ...
– TRIGA LENA (
TRIGA TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) is a class of nuclear research reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson. Design ...
Mk.II model, 250 kW):
University of Pavia The University of Pavia (, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; ) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest un ...
(1965 - operational) *
Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
- AGN-201 "Costanza" (zero-power reactor):
University of Palermo The University of Palermo () is a public university, public research university in Palermo, Italy. It was founded in 1806, and is currently organized in 12 Faculties. History The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although it ...
(1960 – operational) *
Saluggia Saluggia (''Salugia'' in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Vercelli Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46 ...
(Vercelli) - AVOGADRO RS-1 ("Swimming Pool" model):
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/ Montecatini (1959–1971) * San Piero a Grado (Pisa) – RTS-1 "Galileo Galilei" ("Swimming Pool" model, 5MW): CAMEN Centro Applicazioni Militari Energia Nucleare - Center for Military Applications of Nuclear Energy (1963–1980) * Santa Maria di Galeria (Roma) – ROSPO-2 (2 kW): ENEA Ente Nazionale Energia Atomica - Casaccia Research Center (1960–1975) * Santa Maria di Galeria (Roma) – TRIGA RC-1 (modified
TRIGA TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) is a class of nuclear research reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson. Design ...
Mk.II model, 1MW): ENEA Ente Nazionale Energia Atomica - Casaccia Research Center (1960–1987, reactivated 2010) * Santa Maria di Galeria (Roma) – RC-4 RITMO (0.01 kW): ENEA Ente Nazionale Energia Atomica - Casaccia Research Center (1965–1978) * Santa Maria di Galeria (Roma) – RANA (10 kW): ENEA Ente Nazionale Energia Atomica - Casaccia Research Center (1965–1981) * Santa Maria di Galeria (Roma) – TAPIRO (modified Argonne Fast Source Reactor model, 5 kW): ENEA Ente Nazionale Energia Atomica - Casaccia Research Center (1971–1987, reactivated 2010)


Jamaica


Japan

*
Japan Atomic Energy Agency The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is a Japanese atomic energy company. While it inherited the activities of both Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute, JNC and Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, JAERI, it also inherited the nickname of J ...
(JAEA) Reactors ** Tōkai JRR-2 (shut down) ** Tōkai JRR-3 ** Tōkai JRR-4 ** Tōkai JPDR (Japan Power Demonstration Reactor, shut down) ** Ōarai
High-temperature engineering test reactor The high-temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR) is a graphite- moderated gas-cooled research reactor in Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. It uses long hexagonal fuel assemblies, unlike the competing pebbl ...
(HTTR) ** Ōarai JMTR (Japan Materials Testing Reactor) ** Naka
JT-60 JT-60 (short for Japan Torus-60) is a large research tokamak, the flagship of the Japanese National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology's fusion energy directorate. As of 2023 the device is known as JT-60SA and is the largest operat ...
fusion reactor **
Nuclear Safety Research Reactor The Nuclear Safety Research Reactor (NSRR) is a TRIGA design nuclear research reactor operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. *First criticality: June 1975 As of 2006, the reactor has performed 3033 pulses and 1280 Nuclear fuel Nuclear f ...
** Fugen (ATR (Advanced Thermal Reactor), shut down) ** Jōyō ( FBR) ** Monju (FBR) *
Kinki University is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university based in Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan with campuses in five other locations: Nara, Nara; Ōsakasayama, Osaka; Uchita, Wakayama; Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima; and Iizuka, Fukuoka. The E ...
** UTR-KINKI *
Kyoto University , or , is a National university, national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan. The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen gra ...
** KUR *
Musashi Institute of Technology , often called or TCU for short, is a private university focused on engineering, environmental and information sciences, located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The university has four campuses, the Setagaya campus close to the Tama River at Oyam ...
(
Tokyo City University , often called or TCU for short, is a private university focused on engineering, environmental and information sciences, located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The university has four campuses, the Setagaya campus close to the Tama River at Oyam ...
) ** MITRR (TRIGA-II) (shut down 1990) *
Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is one of the five MARCH (Japanese universities), MARCH universities, the group of private universities in the Kantō region, Kanto region, toge ...
** RUR (TRIGA-II) (shut down) *
University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
** Yayoi (shut down)


Jordan


Kazakhstan


Latvia


Libya


Malaysia


Mexico


Morocco


Netherlands


Nigeria


North Korea


Norway


Pakistan

Under IAEA safeguards Not under
IAEA safeguards International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards are a system of inspection and verification of the peaceful uses of nuclear materials as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency. ...


Panama

* USS Sturgis - floating nuclear power plant for
Panama Canal The Panama Canal () is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a Channel (geography), conduit for maritime trade between th ...
(operating 1966 to 1976)


Peru


Philippines


Poland

*
Ewa reactor The EWA Reactor was Poland's first research nuclear reactor. The name of the reactor is an acronym derived from the first letters of the Polish words: ''Eksperymentalny'' (Experimental), ''Wodny'' (Water), and ''Atomowy'' (Atomic). The image o ...
- 10 MW VVR-SM research reactor (dismantled in 1995) * Maria reactor - 30 MW research reactor * Anna reactor - 10 kW research reactor (dismantled) * Agata reactor - 10 W zero-power research reactor (dismantled) * Maryla reactor - 100 W zero-power research reactor (dismantled) * UR-100 reactor - 100 kW training reactor (dismantled)


Portugal


Puerto Rico

* Mayagüez -
TRIGA TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) is a class of nuclear research reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson. Design ...
reactor (dismantled) *
Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) Reactor Facility The Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) Reactor Facility, also known to the locals as "Domes Beach, Domes", or formally as Museo Tecnologico BONUS Dr. Modesto Iriarte, is a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Rincón, Puerto Rico. It was liste ...
, BONUS - superheated
BWR BWR or bwr may refer to: * Benedict–Webb–Rubin equation, an equation of state used in fluid dynamics * '' Black Warrior Review'', a non-profit American literary magazine based at the University of Alabama * Boiling water reactor, a type of lig ...
(decommissioned). Listed on the U.S.
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.


Romania

* Institute for Nuclear Research, Mioveni, 110 km northwest of
Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
-
TRIGA TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) is a class of nuclear research reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics. The design team for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson. Design ...
reactor (capable consisting of either a 500 kW pulse ACPR core, or a 14 MW steady state core) * National Institute for Research and Isotopic Separation, Govora, 170 km west of Bucharest - no research reactors, but instead devoted to heavy water production * National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Mǎgurele, 5 km southwest of Bucharest - a 2 MW VVR-S research reactor (shut down in April 2002, with decommissioning/dismantling started in 2013)


Russia

A total of 98 nuclear research facilities, including:The 2nd International Symposium on Nuclear Energy (ISNE-09) - Status of Research Reactors in Russia and Prospects for their Development
''isne.bau.edu.jo''
* T-15 fusion reactor at
Kurchatov Institute The Kurchatov Institute (, National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute") is Russia's leading research and development institution in the field of nuclear power, nuclear energy. It is named after Igor Kurchatov and is located at 1 Kurchatov Sq ...
* VVR-M 18 MW reactor at St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics * IBR-2 2 MW pulsed reactor at
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, ), in Dubna, Moscow Oblast (110 km north of Moscow), Russia, is an international research center for nuclear sciences, with 5,500 staff members including 1,200 researchers holding over 1,000 ...
* SM, Arbus (ACT-1), MIR.M1, RBT-6, RBT-10 / 1, RBT-10 / 2, BOR-60 and VK-50 Research Institute of Atomic Reactors


Saudi Arabia


Serbia


Slovenia


South Africa


South Korea


Spain


Sweden


Switzerland


Syria


Taiwan


Tajikistan


Thailand


Turkey


Fuel pilot plants

* TRD Fuel Pilot Plant (Turkish Atomic Energy Authority)


Ukraine


United Kingdom

*
Culham Culham is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in a bend of the River Thames, south of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon in Oxfordshire. The parish includes Culham Science Centre and Europa School UK (formerly the European Sch ...
- JET fusion reactor *
Dounreay Dounreay (; ) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness Caithness (; ; ) is a Shires of Scotland, historic county, registration county and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutena ...
**The Shore Test Facility (STF) at
VULCAN Vulcan may refer to: Mythology * Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in Roman mythology Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * Vulcan (''Star Trek''), name of a fictional race and their home p ...
(Rolls-Royce Naval Marine) **DSMP1 at VULCAN (Rolls-Royce Naval Marine) (shut down 1984) **
Prototype Fast Reactor Dounreay (; ) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland (council area), Highland area of Scotland. It is on the A836 road west of Thurso. The nuclear establishments w ...
(shut down 1994)


United States


Army Nuclear Power Program


United States Naval reactors


Research reactors


Civilian (private and university) research and test reactors licensed to operate


Civilian (private and university) research and test reactors formerly licensed to operate

Research and test reactors under decommission orders or license amendments are authorized to decontaminate and dismantle their facility to prepare for final survey and license termination. Research and test reactors with possession-only licenses are not authorized to operate the reactor, only to possess the nuclear material on-hand. They are permanently shut down.


Uruguay


Uzbekistan


Venezuela


Vietnam


See also

* Integrated Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System *
List of commercial nuclear reactors This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used to generate electricity for a power grid. All commercial nuclear reacto ...
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List of nuclear power stations The following page lists operating nuclear power stations. The list is based on figures from PRIS (Power Reactor Information System) maintained by International Atomic Energy Agency.List of small modular reactor designs Small modular reactors (SMR) are much smaller than the current nuclear reactors (300MWe or less) and have compact and scalable designs which propose to offer safety, construction, and economic benefits, and offering potential for lower initial cap ...
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Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents These are lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents. Main lists * List of nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents * List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll * List of civilian nuclear accidents * List o ...
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Nuclear power by country Nuclear power plants operate in 31 countries and generate about a tenth of the world's electricity. Most are in Europe, North America and East Asia. The Nuclear power in the United States, United States is the largest producer of nuclear pow ...


Notes and references


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