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ZED-2

ZED-2, a research reactor (tank) in Chalk River, ON, Canada, with 200 W of thermal power, operated by Chalk River Laboratories. Operating, first critical in 1960.

By thermal power it ranks fourth among the 4 research reactors operating in Canada. It went critical 15 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 materials testing.

Country

Canada

City

Chalk River, ON

Type

Tank

Thermal power

200 W

Operator

Chalk River Laboratories

Status

Operating

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Materials testing

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