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DR-2

DR-2, a research reactor (pool) in Roskilde, Denmark, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by RISOE National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 3 research reactors Denmark has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 1 year after the first research reactor in Denmark, DR-1 (1957). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Denmark

City

Roskilde

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

RISOE National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

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