The KAMINI (Kalpakkam Mini) reactor is a Uranium-233 fueled, demineralized light water moderated and cooled, beryllium oxide reflected, low power nuclear research reactor. It is located in the post irradiation examination facility of Radio Metallurgy Laboratory, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article.
Kamini is the Kalpakkam Mini reactor. It is used for research for the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research. It is located in Kalpakkam, India and was built in October of 1996.
The part of a nuclear reactor in which the fuel is located is called the core. This is where the nuclear fission reactions take place, producing heat that is used to generate electricity.
The fuel in a nuclear reactor is located in the fuel rods, which are typically made of materials such as enriched uranium or plutonium. These fuel rods are where the nuclear fission reaction takes place, producing heat that is used to generate electricity.
From 'www.world-nuclear.org' I can find the following reactors which are in operation, but not one called 'Kamini'. The first on this list was TARAPUR in 1969 (BWR) Tarapur 1 and 2, Kaiga 1,2 and 3, Kakrapur 1 and 2, Kalpakkam 1 and 2, Narora 1 and 2, Rawatbhata 1,2,3 and 4, Tarapur 3 and 4. Apart from Tarapur 1 and 2, these are all PHWR type. Total capacity 3779 MWe. Perhaps Kamini was an experimental or small prototype reactor not in this list?
The nuclear fuel is found in the fuel rods. These fuel rods are formed into fuel bundles called fuel assemblies, and together they make up the reactor core.
Kamini is the Kalpakkam Mini reactor. It is used for research for the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research. It is located in Kalpakkam, India and was built in October of 1996.
Kamini
The part of a nuclear reactor in which the fuel is located is called the core. This is where the nuclear fission reactions take place, producing heat that is used to generate electricity.
The fuel in a nuclear reactor is located in the fuel rods, which are typically made of materials such as enriched uranium or plutonium. These fuel rods are where the nuclear fission reaction takes place, producing heat that is used to generate electricity.
kamini
From 'www.world-nuclear.org' I can find the following reactors which are in operation, but not one called 'Kamini'. The first on this list was TARAPUR in 1969 (BWR) Tarapur 1 and 2, Kaiga 1,2 and 3, Kakrapur 1 and 2, Kalpakkam 1 and 2, Narora 1 and 2, Rawatbhata 1,2,3 and 4, Tarapur 3 and 4. Apart from Tarapur 1 and 2, these are all PHWR type. Total capacity 3779 MWe. Perhaps Kamini was an experimental or small prototype reactor not in this list?
The nuclear fuel is found in the fuel rods. These fuel rods are formed into fuel bundles called fuel assemblies, and together they make up the reactor core.
The Cirus reactor was a nuclear research reactor located at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Trombay, Mumbai, India. It was permanently shut down in 2010.
A Nuclear Reactor.
1. Dhruva reactor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhruva_reactor This reactor is a larger version of CIRUS and can produce up to 25 KG of plutonium per year. No statement has been made about shutting down this reactor, presumably India feels it is not obliged to because unlike CIRUS it was designed and built using Indian resources. 2. CIRUS reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIRUS_reactor. The CIRUS design is based on Canada's Chalk River reactor and was built with Canadian help. India has announced that this reactor will be shutdown in 2010 in accordance with the terms of the recent US-India nuclear deal. CIRUS can produce up to 10 kg of plutonium in a year. 3. KAMINI reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAMINI 4. APSARA reactor http://www.barc.ernet.in/webpages/about/mile.htm
Nuclear reactor core
Nuclear reactor kinetics is the branch of reactor engineering and reactor physics and control that deals with long term time changes in reactor fuel and nuclear reactors.