IR-40

IR-40 (Arak) Reactor, 2012

IR-40 also known as Arak Nuclear Complex[1] is an Iranian 40 megawatt (thermal) heavy water reactor near Arak, adjacent to the 1990s era Arak Heavy Water Production Plant.[2] Civil works for the construction began in October 2004.[3] It was initially planned that the reactor would begin nuclear operations in 2014.[4]

  1. ^ "Arak Nuclear Complex". The Nuclear Threat Initiative. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  2. ^ Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran GOV/2008/59, 19 November 2008.
  3. ^ Samore, Gary (2005). Iran's Strategic Weapons Programmes: A Net Assessment. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781136776731. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Iran installs reactor vessel at heavy water site". 9 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-09.

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