Canada · Pinawa, MB · 50.149, -95.881 (approximate location)

SDR SLOWPOKE Demo Reactor

SDR SLOWPOKE Demo Reactor, a research reactor (other) in Pinawa, MB, Canada, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Whiteshell Laboratories. Decommissioned, first critical in 1987.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 42 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945).

Country

Canada

City

Pinawa, MB

Type

Other

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Whiteshell Laboratories

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1987

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