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== Maria Reactor ==
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== Research Reactors ==
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== Maria ==
 
*construction started in June 1970 and was completed in December 1974<ref>http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P1360_ICRR_2007_CD/Papers/G.%20Krzysztoszek.pdf 23.03.2012</ref>
 
*construction started in June 1970 and was completed in December 1974<ref>http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P1360_ICRR_2007_CD/Papers/G.%20Krzysztoszek.pdf 23.03.2012</ref>
 
*water and beryllium moderated, ligth water cooled pool reactor<ref name="IAEA">IAEA: http://nucleus.iaea.org/RRDB/Reports/Container.aspx?Id=R1</ref>
 
*water and beryllium moderated, ligth water cooled pool reactor<ref name="IAEA">IAEA: http://nucleus.iaea.org/RRDB/Reports/Container.aspx?Id=R1</ref>
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== Ewa Reactor ==
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== Ewa ==
 
* oldest polish atomic reactor, launched in 1958 shut down february 1995
 
* oldest polish atomic reactor, launched in 1958 shut down february 1995
 
* nominal power 10MW
 
* nominal power 10MW

Revision as of 21:38, 31 March 2012

National Centre for Nuclear Research – Otwock-Świerk

Otwock-Świerk 30 km in the south-east of warzawa has been polands toplocation for nuclear reacerch since 1955 and continiues to be so to present day. During the first decades from 1955 to 1982 the Institute of Nuclear reaserch - Instytutu Badań Jądrowych (IBJ) - has run four research reactors on this location of wich one, curantly the only polish reactor at all, ist still at service. The IBJ was split up in 1982 as a reaction to the political dissent of scientists at the institute being involved in the solidarnosc movment and reformed just in September 2011 under the new lebel of National Centre for Nuclear Research - Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ). This reorganization took place due to the needs of the current polish Nuclearprogramm with its aim of constructing polands first commercial atomic energy reactor, for wich the NCBJ is supposed to provide technical support and background infrastructure as well as tecnical knowlege to political authorities Beyoynd this the NCBJs provile containes almost everything conectet to nuclear physics. This ranges from fundamental research in plasmaphysics over engeneering nuclear accelerators, design and production of nuclear medical treatments to cooperation with european security programms.

Institutes in Swierk

  • Institute of Nuclear Research -Instytutu Badań Jądrowych (IBJ) - 4.6.55 until 1982
  • POLATOM Institute for Atomic Energy (IEA) 1982 until 31.10.11
  • Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies (IPJ) 1982 until 31.10.11
  • Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (IChTJ) since 1982
  • National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) since 1.11.11
  • Radioactive Waste Manegment Plant (RWMP) operated by the minstry of treasury


Research Reactors

Maria

  • construction started in June 1970 and was completed in December 1974[1]
  • water and beryllium moderated, ligth water cooled pool reactor[2]
  • nominal power: 30 MW[2]
  • used to use highly enriched Uranium of 80% U235 but has been converted tu usage of 36%HEU in 1999
  • For minimizing the danger of proliferation plans had been made to converte the reactor further to use Ligthly Enriched Uranium (LEU).
  • In 2005 aproximatly 39 kg of highly HEU were transferd tu russia. This occured among the "Global treat reduction initatve", a treatment between russia and the unitet states wich subsequently supports the removal or disposal of excess HEU and other and radiological materials from civilian sites worldwide.
  • In september 2009 Poland and russia signed a contarct to export spent nuclear fuel to russia to bee prosessed at the majak plant.
  • spend fuel stored at reactor site


Ewa

  • oldest polish atomic reactor, launched in 1958 shut down february 1995
  • nominal power 10MW
  • ligthwater ractor, powered with 10% U235 LEU
  • the reactor building is currently under reconstruction and beeing turnd into a dry storage facility for nuclear waste


Agata

  • zero-power-reactor
  • unloaded and dismanteled


Anna

  • critical assembley
  • unloaded and dismanteled