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Dhruva

also R-5

Dhruva is a 100 MW thermal heavy-water research reactor in Mumbai, India, operated by BARC. The IAEA Research Reactor Database lists it as operational, with first criticality on 8 August 1985.

Operator
BARC
Type
Research reactor
Approach
Water-cooled
Country
IN
Status
Operating

Design values

What the machine was built to do, as published. Not results, and never ranked.

Design values for Dhruva
ParameterValueUnit StatusSource
Thermal capacity (rated) medium confidence 100 MW MW claimed IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB): public reactor list (JSON behind nucleus.iaea.org/rrdb) aggregator