Location: Kyung Hee [Kyonghui] University Department of Nuclear Engineering, Suwon Campus

Address: Soch'olli-1, Kihung-up, Yongin, Kyonggi Province, 449-701, South Korea
  
Telephone Number: +82-331-201-2059

E-mail: hanjs@khu.ac.kr.

Subordinate to: Kyung Hee University, Ministry of Science and Technology

Size:  100 Milliwatts (mW) [0.1 Megawatts (MW (e)]

Primary Function: Education and experimental research 

Description:  The AGN-201 is South Korea's first and only educational research reactor. In March 1976, Colorado State University donated the AGN-201 reactor to Kyung Hee University, and in October 1980 construction for the facility to house the reactor began in Suwon, Kyonggi Province. The AGN-201 reached criticality in November 1982 and became operational the following month. The reactor was initially named the Kyung Hee [Kyonghui] Research Reactor (KRR), but it was later changed to its original name—the Aerojet General Nucleonics Model No. 201 (AGN-201).

The AGN-201 is housed at Kyung Hee University's Department of Nuclear Engineering and is operated by a staff of two members of the department. Students of the Department of Nuclear Engineering use the reactor about eight hours per week for experimental testing and applications, and graduate students use the reactor about four hours per week for research purposes. The AGN-201 uses polyethelene as a moderator and graphite as a reflector. In addition, the reactor is equipped with one thermal column, eight access ports, one glory hole, and one neutron source. The reactor uses 20 percent enriched uranium for fuel, and the fuel rods are provided by Aerojet General Nuclear of the United States.

Key sources:  High-Flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor (HANARO), “Timeline,” <http://hanaro.kaeri.re.kr:8080/english/timeline.htm>; Kyonghuidaehakkyo Wonjaroshil, <http://web.kyunghee.ac.kr/~krr/index.html>; International Atomic Energy Agency Research Reactor Database (RRDB), “Research Reactor Details - AGN 201 SUWON,” <http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/rrdb/>; “Wonjaroshil,” Kyung Hee University, <http://www.khu.ac.kr/m5/s1/f14_1.html>. 
 

	Updated October 2004