Canada · Montréal · 45.509, -73.554 (approximate location)

SLOWPOKE-2, Montreal

SLOWPOKE-2, Montreal, a research reactor (tank) in Montréal, Canada, with 20 kW of thermal power, operated by Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. Operating, first critical in 1976.

It is one of the 4 research reactors operating in Canada. It went critical 31 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, teaching and activation analysis.

Country

Canada

City

Montréal

Type

Tank

Thermal power

20 kW

Operator

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

Status

Operating

First criticality

1976

Purpose

Isotope production, teaching, activation analysis

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