Chalk River Laboratories - Major Facilities

Major Facilities

• ZEEP — Zero Energy Experimental Pile Reactor (1945–1973).
• NRX — NRX Reactor (1947–1992).
• NRU — National Research Universal 135 MWt Reactor (1957–).
  • CNBC — Canadian Neutron Beam Centre
• PTR — Pool Test 10 kW Reactor (1957–1990).
• ZED-2 — Zero Energy Deuterium 200W Reactor (1960–).
• NPD — Nuclear Power Demonstration 20MW(e) Reactor; located north of CRL in Rolphton, Ontario (1960–1987).
• SLOWPOKE — Safe Low-Power Kritical Experiment 5 kW Reactor (1970–1976) — moved to the University of Toronto in 1971.
• TASCC — Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron (1986–1996)
• MAPLE-1 — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment Reactor (2000–2008; canceled).
• MAPLE-2 — Multipurpose Applied Physics Lattice Experiment Reactor (2003–2008; canceled).