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Template:Infobox ReactorPakistan Research Reactor or PARR is a nuclear research and experimental neutron research reactor located in the PINSTECH Laboratory, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan. The PARR Reactor is a a graphite-moderated, Gas Cooled, nuclear reactor. It is a type of Very high temperature reactor (VHTR),Thermal-neutron reactor and Pool-type reactor. The research reactors consists of two nuclear power plants. The reactor was supplied and financially constructed by the Government of United States of America in the mids of 1960s.

PARR Reactor was supplied and designed by Edward Durrell Stone when noted Pakistani scientists, dr. Abdus Salam and dr. Ishrat Hussain Usmani traveled to United States of America. In the first stage, reactor building and ancillary facilities were completed with the reactor becoming critical on 21 December 1965. The second stage, consisting of various laboratories, workshop, library and auditorium, became operational in 1974. The facility was last upgraded by PAEC chairman and noted nuclear scientist, Mr. Munir Ahmad Khan in 1989.

PARR-II is a type in pool reactor with a rated power of 27 Kw. The reactor was indigeniously designed and constructed by the PAEC. PAEC Chairman Munir Ahmad Khan and his team of engineers and scientists indigenously designed the reactor. The Reactor had gone critical and began operating on 1974 January 21^[1]. The PAEC scientists and engineers also built and constructed the nuclear accelerator on April 09, 1989. The particle accelerator is heavily used to conduct research in nuclear technology.

• PARR Reactors
• PARR-I
• PARR-II
• PARR Nuclear Reactors