Czech Republic · Prague · 50.087, 14.421 (approximate location)

VR-2

VR-2, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Prague, Czech Republic, operated by Faculty of Nuclear Sciences & Physical Engineering. Operating, first critical in 2023.

It is one of the 4 research reactors operating in the Czech Republic, the only zero-power assembly among them. It went critical 66 years after the first research reactor in the Czech Republic, LVR-15 Rež (1957). It is one of 20 subcritical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 13 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

Czech Republic

City

Prague

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Faculty of Nuclear Sciences & Physical Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

2023

Purpose

Teaching, training

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