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VENUS-F

VENUS-F, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Mol, Belgium, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by SCK CEN. Operating, first critical in 1964.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 3 research reactors operating in Belgium. It went critical 8 years after the first research reactor in Belgium, BR-1 (1956). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and nuclear data measurements.

Country

Belgium

City

Mol

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

SCK CEN

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Teaching, training, nuclear data

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