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BR-3

BR-3, a research reactor (other) in Mol, Belgium, with 40.9 MW of thermal power, operated by SCK/CEN. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

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

Country

Belgium

City

Mol

Type

Other

Thermal power

40.9 MW

Operator

SCK/CEN

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

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