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).

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