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BR-2

BR-2, a research reactor (tank) in Mol, Belgium, with 100 MW of thermal power, operated by S.C.K./C.e.N.. Operating, first critical in 1961.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Belgium, of the 3 currently operating. It went critical 5 years after the first research reactor in Belgium, BR-1 (1956). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation and training.

Country

Belgium

City

Mol

Type

Tank

Thermal power

100 MW

Operator

S.C.K./C.e.N.

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production, silicon doping, transmutation, training, materials testing

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