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CROCUS

CROCUS, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Lausanne, Switzerland, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Operating, first critical in 1983.

It is the only research reactor operating in Switzerland today; the country has shut down 5 others. It went critical 26 years after the first research reactor in Switzerland, SAPHIR (1957). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and materials testing.

Country

Switzerland

City

Lausanne

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne

Status

Operating

First criticality

1983

Purpose

Teaching, training, materials testing

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