China: China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR). Profile 4

General information: located in Fangshan District of Beijing, China, the China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR), comoposed of reactors, auxiilary systems and testing facilities, is a safe and multifunctional research reactor with high performance. The construction area of CARR is approximately 18 000 m², about 2.3 hectares of ground area occupied. The CARR is a large-scale nuclear science project providing an important testing platform for nuclear science and research of China. For the aims of effective organization and management of the construction and commissionig of CARR, the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) established CARR Project Department and accredited it to control the quality and progress of the project, as well as its investment. CARR, started construction on 26th August 2002, successfully realized the first criticality on 13 May 2010. Inititial full power operation for 72 h has been finished in April 2012. Up to now, all of the commissioning works on CARR have been finished.