Maria reactor
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The Maria reactor is Poland's second nuclear research reactor and is the only one still in use. It is located at Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ) (National Center for Nuclear Research) at Świerk-Otwock, near Warsaw and named in honor of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. It is the only reactor of Polish design. Maria is a multifunctional research tool, with a notable application in production of radioisotopes, research with utilization of neutron beams, neutron therapy, and neutron activation analysis. It operates about 4000 hours annually, usually in blocks of 100 hours.
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Andrzeja Sołtana,
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 52.1228 ° | E 21.3439 ° |
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Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych
Andrzeja Sołtana
05-460 , Wólka Mlądzka (Świerk)
Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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ncbj.gov.pl
