Reactor Parameter Analysis

A self-contained tool inspired by the Nuclear Reactor Directory Project (NRDP) — a citation-backed, open reactor database with a weighted comparison engine proposed by Calhoun & Eckert to centralize reactor parameters and quantitatively compare designs. Filter the 52-reactor database, review summary statistics, and rank reactors against the parameters you care about. Every reactor links to its source.

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Summary statistics

Reactors (filtered)

52

of 52 total

Mean thermal power

1,472

52 with data · MWth

Median thermal power

777

MWth

Range

1–4,590

MWth

Reactors by class

PWR
15
SFR
9
PHWR
5
HTGR
5
Research
5
BWR
4
LWGR
4
GCR
2
MSR
2
LFR
1

Find the best-matching reactor

Enable the characteristics you care about, set a desired value, and assign a relative weight. Each reactor gets a 0–100 match score: quantitative fields use the absolute percent deviation from your target (S = 100·(1 − |v_d − v_r| / v_d), clamped to 0–100); qualitative fields score 100 for an exact match, else 0. Weights are normalized, and reactors missing a value for a field are scored only on the fields they have. Scores apply to the currently filtered list.

Reactor database (52)

ReactorCountryClassCoolantMWthMWeEnr. %1st crit.StatusSource
ACP100 (Linglong One)Integral SMRChina
PWR
Light water3851254Under ConstructionIAEA ARIS — ACP100
Advanced Test Reactor (ATR)Serpentine flux-trap test reactorUnited States
Research
Light water250931967OperationalUS NRC / INL — ATR
Atucha 1Siemens KWU PHWRArgentina
PHWR
Heavy water (D₂O)1,1793620.851974OperationalWNA — Argentina profile
AVR JülichPebble-bed prototypeGermany
HTGR
Helium46151966ShutdownWNA — Small reactors
Barakah 1APR-1400United Arab Emirates
PWR
Light water3,9831,34542020OperationalWNA — UAE profile
BN-600BN-600Russia
SFR
Liquid sodium1,470600211980OperationalWNA — Fast neutron reactors
BN-800BN-800Russia
SFR
Liquid sodium2,1008802014OperationalWNA — Fast neutron reactors
BREST-OD-300BREST-OD-300Russia
LFR
Liquid lead700300Under ConstructionIAEA ARIS — BREST-OD-300
Browns Ferry 1BWR/4 (Mark I)United States
BWR
Light water3,9521,3103.51973OperationalTVA — Browns Ferry
BWRX-300SMR (GE Hitachi)United States / Canada
BWR
Light water8703004Under ConstructionIAEA ARIS — BWRX-300
Calder Hall 1MagnoxUnited Kingdom
GCR
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)182500.711956ShutdownWNA — UK profile
CEFRChina Experimental Fast ReactorChina
SFR
Liquid sodium65202010OperationalIAEA ARIS — CEFR
Cernavodă 1CANDU 6Romania
PHWR
Heavy water (D₂O)2,0647060.711996OperationalWNA — Romania profile
Chernobyl 4RBMK-1000Ukraine
LWGR
Light water3,2001,00021983ShutdownWNA — Chernobyl accident
Darlington 1CANDU (850 MWe class)Canada
PHWR
Heavy water (D₂O)2,7769350.711990OperationalWNA — Canada profile
Dresden 1Early GE BWRUnited States
BWR
Light water7001971959ShutdownWNA — USA profile
EBR-IExperimental Breeder Reactor IUnited States
SFR
NaK eutectic1.40.21951ShutdownUS NRC — EBR-I
EBR-IIExperimental Breeder Reactor IIUnited States
SFR
Liquid sodium62.5201964ShutdownArgonne National Lab — EBR-II
EGP-6 (Bilibino)EGP-6Russia
LWGR
Light water (boiling)621131973ShutdownWNA — Russia profile
Flamanville 3EPRFrance
PWR
Light water4,5001,63042024OperationalWNA — France profile
Fort St. VrainPrismatic HTGRUnited States
HTGR
Helium8423301974ShutdownWNA — USA profile
HFIRHigh Flux Isotope ReactorUnited States
Research
Light water85931965OperationalORNL — HFIR
Hinkley Point B (R3)AGRUnited Kingdom
GCR
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)1,5006102.61976ShutdownWNA — UK profile
HTR-PMPebble-bed (Shidaowan)China
HTGR
Helium5002108.52021OperationalIAEA ARIS — HTR-PM
HTTRPrismatic test reactorJapan
HTGR
Helium3061998OperationalIAEA ARIS — HTTR
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6ABWRJapan
BWR
Light water3,9261,3563.51996OperationalIAEA ARIS — ABWR
KLT-40S (Akademik Lomonosov)Floating SMR (icebreaker-derived)Russia
PWR
Light water1503518.62018OperationalIAEA ARIS — KLT-40S
Leningrad 1RBMK-1000Russia
LWGR
Light water3,2001,00021973ShutdownWNA — RBMK reactors
Loviisa 1VVER-440 (V-213)Finland
PWR
Light water1,5005073.61977OperationalWNA — Finland profile
MIT Reactor (MITR-II)Tank-in-poolUnited States
Research
Light water6931975OperationalMIT — Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
MonjuPrototype FBRJapan
SFR
Liquid sodium7142801994ShutdownWNA — Japan profile
MSREMolten-Salt Reactor ExperimentUnited States
MSR
Molten fluoride salt (FLiBe)7.41965ShutdownORNL — Molten Salt Reactor
NatriumTerraPower NatriumUnited States
SFR
Liquid sodium84034515Under ConstructionTerraPower — Natrium
Novovoronezh II-1VVER-1200 (AES-2006)Russia
PWR
Light water3,2001,20042016OperationalIAEA ARIS — VVER-1200
NuScale Power ModuleIntegral SMR (VOYGR)United States
PWR
Light water250774.95Under DevelopmentIAEA ARIS — NuScale
Obninsk AM-1AM-1 ('Atom Mirny')Russia
LWGR
Light water30551954ShutdownWNA — History of nuclear energy
Olkiluoto 3EPRFinland
PWR
Light water4,3001,60042021OperationalWNA — Finland profile
OPALOpen-pool (INVAP)Australia
Research
Light water2019.752006OperationalANSTO — OPAL
PhénixPhénixFrance
SFR
Liquid sodium5632501973ShutdownWNA — Fast neutron reactors
Point LepreauCANDU 6Canada
PHWR
Heavy water (D₂O)2,0646600.711982OperationalIAEA ARIS — CANDU 6
Qinshan Phase III-1CANDU 6China
PHWR
Heavy water (D₂O)2,0647280.712002OperationalWNA — China profile
Shin Kori 3APR-1400South Korea
PWR
Light water3,9831,40042015OperationalIAEA ARIS — APR-1400
ShippingportFirst US commercial PWRUnited States
PWR
Light water236601957ShutdownUS DOE — Shippingport
Sizewell BSNUPPS-derived 4-loopUnited Kingdom
PWR
Light water3,4251,1983.51995OperationalWNA — UK profile
SMARTIntegral SMRSouth Korea
PWR
Light water3651004.8Under DevelopmentIAEA ARIS — SMART
SuperphénixSPX-1France
SFR
Liquid sodium2,9901,2421985ShutdownWNA — Fast neutron reactors
Taishan 1EPRChina
PWR
Light water4,5901,66042018OperationalWNA — China profile
Temelín 1VVER-1000 (V-320)Czech Republic
PWR
Light water3,0001,08042000OperationalWNA — Czech Republic profile
TMSR-LF1Liquid-fuel thorium MSRChina
MSR
Molten fluoride salt22023OperationalWNA — Molten salt reactors
TRIGA Mark IITRIGA (General Atomics)United States
Research
Light water119.751960OperationalGeneral Atomics — TRIGA
Vogtle 3AP1000United States
PWR
Light water3,4151,1174.52023OperationalWestinghouse AP1000
Xe-100X-energy pebble-bed SMRUnited States
HTGR
Helium2008015.5Under DevelopmentX-energy — Xe-100

Figures are headline reference values from the cited sources; "—" means the value is not reliably published for that unit and is omitted rather than estimated. Enrichment values are nominal design figures. This is an educational tool, not an authoritative reactor registry — verify against the linked primary sources before citing.