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VR-1

VR-1, a research reactor (pool) in Prague, Czech Republic, with 500 W of thermal power, operated by Faculty of Nuclear Sciences & Physical Engineering. Operating, first critical in 1990.

By thermal power it ranks third among the 4 research reactors operating in the Czech Republic. It went critical 33 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 neutron radiography, teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

Czech Republic

City

Prague

Type

Pool

Thermal power

500 W

Operator

Faculty of Nuclear Sciences & Physical Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

1990

Purpose

Neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

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