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SLOWPOKE-2, RMC

SLOWPOKE-2, RMC, a research reactor (tank) in Kingston, ON, Canada, with 20 kW of thermal power, operated by Authority at the Royal Military College of Canada. Operating, first critical in 1985.

It is one of the 4 research reactors operating in Canada. It went critical 40 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, neutron radiography, teaching and activation analysis.

Country

Canada

City

Kingston, ON

Type

Tank

Thermal power

20 kW

Operator

Authority at the Royal Military College of Canada

Status

Operating

First criticality

1985

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron radiography, teaching, activation analysis

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