Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa · -4.322, 15.312 (approximate location)

TRICO II

TRICO II, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Commissariat General A L'energie Atomique (CGEA). Temporary shutdown, first critical in 1972.

It is the only research reactor operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today; the country has shut down one other. It went critical 13 years after the first research reactor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, TRICO I (1959). It is one of 36 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

Democratic Republic of the Congo

City

Kinshasa

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Commissariat General A L'energie Atomique (CGEA)

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Temporary shutdown

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Transmutation, teaching, training, activation analysis

See also: every research reactor in Democratic Republic of the Congo · How research reactors work · every reactor by General Atomics