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BR-02, Mock-up of BR2

BR-02, Mock-up of BR2, a research reactor (pool) in Mol, Belgium, with 500 W of thermal power, operated by SCK/CEN. Decommissioned, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 6 research reactors Belgium has had; 3 remain in operation today. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Belgium, BR-1 (1956). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Belgium

City

Mol

Type

Pool

Thermal power

500 W

Operator

SCK/CEN

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

See also: every research reactor in Belgium · How research reactors work