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SAFARI-1 is a 20 MW light water-cooled beryllium reflected pool-type research reactor initially used for high level nuclear physics research programmes and was commissioned in 1965.The reactor is owned and operated by South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) at their facility in Pelindaba South Africa.The reactor is a tank in pool type reactor and is designed to run on enriched uranium. Currently the fuel in use is the remains of the decommissioned South African nuclear weapons.