Canada · Chalk River, ON · 46.000, -77.000

PTR

PTR, a research reactor (pool) in Chalk River, ON, Canada, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Chalk River Laboratories. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 12 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Canada

City

Chalk River, ON

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Chalk River Laboratories

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

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