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ES-SALAM

ES-SALAM, a research reactor (heavy water) in Djelfa, Algeria, with 15 MW of thermal power, operated by Centre de Recherche Nucléaire de Birine (CRNB). Operating, first critical in 1992.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Algeria, of the 3 currently operating. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Algeria, NUR (1989). It is one of 10 heavy-water research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 7 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

Algeria

City

Djelfa

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

15 MW

Operator

Centre de Recherche Nucléaire de Birine (CRNB)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1992

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy

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