Canada · Chalk River, ON · 46.017, -77.450

MAPLE 1

MAPLE 1, a research reactor (tank) in Chalk River, ON, Canada, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by MDS Nordion International, Inc.. Shut down, first critical in 2000.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 55 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

Canada

City

Chalk River, ON

Type

Tank

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

MDS Nordion International, Inc.

Status

Shut down

First criticality

2000

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