Canada · Pinawa, MB · 50.149, -95.881 (approximate location)

WR-1

WR-1, a research reactor (heavy water) in Pinawa, MB, Canada, with 60 MW of thermal power, operated by Whiteshell Laboratories, AECL. Shut down, first critical in 1965.

It was one of the 18 research reactors Canada has had; 4 remain in operation today. It went critical 20 years after the first research reactor in Canada, ZEEP (1945). 10 heavy-water research reactors remain in operation today across 7 countries.

Country

Canada

City

Pinawa, MB

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

60 MW

Operator

Whiteshell Laboratories, AECL

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1965

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