Research reactor Ewa

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Research reactor Ewa
The Ewa reactor in 1974

The Ewa reactor in 1974

location
Research reactor Ewa (Mazovia)
Research reactor Ewa
Coordinates 52 ° 7 '23 "  N , 21 ° 20' 39"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '23 "  N , 21 ° 20' 39"  E
country PolandPoland Poland
Data
owner Instytut Energii Atomowej (Institute for Nuclear Power)
operator Ewa Reactor
start of building January 1, 1955
Installation June 14, 1958
Shutdown February 24, 1995
Reactor type Tank / WWR
Thermal performance 10 MW
Neutron flux density 1.5 × 10 14  n / (cm 2 s)
was standing February 2, 2009

The Ewa reactor (short for E xperimentaler , W ater and A tomarer - Eksperymentalny, Wodny, Atomowy , Eve Curie ) was the first research reactor in Poland and was in the Institute of Atomic Energy ( Instytut Energii Atomowej ) in Otwocker district Świerk.

reactor

In 1958 the reactor was put into operation at the Institute for Nuclear Research in Świerk. The reactor was the basis for new scientific and technological developments in Poland. The neutron beams from the reactor have been used for various purposes for 30 years. Radioactive isotopes, produced by irradiation in the reactor core, are the basis for the development of nuclear techniques, medical therapy and diagnosis, industrial applications and scientific research. Nuclear physics and engineering as well as nuclear electronics were developed in Poland with the help of the Ewa reactor. The original output of the reactor was increased from 2 MW to 10 MW by modernization. The owner is the Institute of Atomic Energy . Construction began on January 1, 1955. On June 14, 1958, the reactor was put into operation. It was shut down on February 24, 1995. The light water moderated and light water cooled reactor was of the type TANK WWR of the Soviet type WWR-S, it was originally operated with uranium enriched to 10% and had a thermal output of 10,000 kW. The fissile material and the enriched uranium came from Russia.

Data of the reactor

The Ewa reactor had the following data:

reactor Reactor type thermal
performance 		start of building Start of operations Shutdown
EWA TANK WWR 10,000 kWt 01/01/1955 06/14/1958 02/24/1995

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b EWA and MARIA confirm competences of Polish scientists. National Center for Nuclear Research Świerk , February 25, 2015, accessed on July 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Research Reactor Database of the IAEA (English)

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