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SLOWPOKE-2, Halifax

SLOWPOKE-2, Halifax, a research reactor (tank) in Halifax, Canada, with 20 kW of thermal power, operated by Dalhousie University. Decommissioned, first critical in 1976.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 31 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Canada

City

Halifax

Type

Tank

Thermal power

20 kW

Operator

Dalhousie University

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1976

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

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