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LR-0

LR-0, a research reactor (pool) in Husinec-Rez, Czech Republic, with 5 kW of thermal power, operated by Centrum vyzkumu Rez. Operating, first critical in 1982.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 4 research reactors operating in the Czech Republic. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in the Czech Republic, LVR-15 Rež (1957). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training, activation analysis and nuclear data measurements.

Country

Czech Republic

City

Husinec-Rez

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 kW

Operator

Centrum vyzkumu Rez

Status

Operating

First criticality

1982

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis, nuclear data

See also: every research reactor in Czech Republic · How research reactors work