Canada · Montréal, QC · 45.509, -73.554 (approximate location)

Ecole Polytechnique Subcritical Assembly

Ecole Polytechnique Subcritical Assembly, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Montréal, QC, Canada, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. Decommissioned, first critical in 1974.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 29 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945). 20 subcritical assemblies remain in operation today across 13 countries. Its declared uses include teaching.

Country

Canada

City

Montréal, QC

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1974

Purpose

Teaching

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