Canada · Ottawa · 45.425, -75.695 (approximate location)

SLOWPOKE-2, Kanata

SLOWPOKE-2, Kanata, a research reactor (tank) in Ottawa, Canada, with 20 kW of thermal power, operated by MDS Nordion International, Inc.. Decommissioned, first critical in 1984.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 39 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

Canada

City

Ottawa

Type

Tank

Thermal power

20 kW

Operator

MDS Nordion International, Inc.

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1984

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