Poland / National Research Centre To Seek 15-Year Life Extension For Maria Reactor, Says Director

NCBJ expects licensing decision in mid-2025, regulator has final say on duration

National Research Centre To Seek 15-Year Life Extension For Maria Reactor, Says Director
The Maria research reactor facility, run by NCBJ, is located near Swierk about 30 km southeast of the Polish capital Warsaw. Image courtesy NCBJ.

Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) could be aiming for a 15-year lifetime extension of its only nuclear research reactor, Maria, according to the centre’s director Krzysztof Kurek.

Maria, a high flux research reactor which went critical for the first time in 1974, has a licence to operate until 2025.

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