Philippine Research Reactor-1

Philippine Research Reactor-1
Operating Institution	Philippine Nuclear Research Institute
Location	University of the Philippines - Diliman grounds, Quezon City
Coordinates	14°39′37″N 121°3′21″E / 14.66028°N 121.05583°E / 14.66028; 121.05583Coordinates: 14°39′37″N 121°3′21″E / 14.66028°N 121.05583°E / 14.66028; 121.05583
Type	Research reactor
Power	3 MW
First Criticality	August 1963
Shutdown date	1988

The Philippine Research Reactor-1 (PRR-1) is an inactive research reactor for decommissioning in Quezon City, Philippines. The PRR-1 is the first nuclear reactor in the Philippines.

History

Reactor pool of the facility, 2015.

The Philippine Research Reactor was built under the Atoms for Peace nuclear research exchange program of the United States. The reactor which had its first criticality in 1963, was built by U.S. firm General Atomics and was originally a 1MW open general-purpose reactor.^[1]

The reactor was converted into a 3MW TRIGA class reactor in 1988 enabling it to use low-enriched uranium instead of highly enriched uranium. It was restarted in 1988 but on the same year, the reactor pool had a leak which led to the reactor being shut down. There were plans to repair the reactor with collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency but such plans were abandoned.^[1]

In 2005, it was decided that the reactor would be decommissioned.^[1]

See also

• Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

References