IREN parameters
| Peak current (A) | 3 |
| Repetition rate (Hz) | 50 |
| Electron pulse duration (ns) | 100 |
| Electron energy (MeV) | 30 |
| Beam power (kW) | 0.4 |
| Multiplication | 1 |
| Neutron intensity (n/s) | 1011 |
COMPARISON OF THE FULL-SCALE IREN PROJECT WITH OTHER NEUTRON SOURCES USED FOR NUCLEAR PHYSICS RESEARCH
| Neutron source (Laboratory) | <In>, 1015 n/s | C, 107 | t, ns | dt (at 100 eV), ns |
| FAKEL (IAE, Russia) | 0.003 | 0.03 | 50 | 200 |
| ORELA (ORNL, USA) | 0.13 | 1.5 | 30 | 180 |
| GELINA ( IRMM, Belgium) | 0.05 | 0.6 | 1 | 160 |
| LUE-40+IBR-30 (JINR, put out of operation) | 0.5 | 6 | 1600 | 4500 |
| LANSCE (LANL, USA) | 10 | 30 | 125 | 300 |
| CERN PS TOF facility | 0.4 | 5 | 10 | 170 |
| IREN (JINR) | 1.0 | 10 | 400 | 430 |