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SRC SLOWPOKE, Saskatchewan

SRC SLOWPOKE, Saskatchewan, a research reactor (tank) in Saskatoon, Canada, with 20 kW of thermal power, operated by Saskatchewan Research Council. Shut down, first critical in 1981.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 36 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

Saskatoon

Type

Tank

Thermal power

20 kW

Operator

Saskatchewan Research Council

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1981

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

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