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Argos Research Reactor

Argos Research Reactor, a research reactor (other) in Barcelona, Spain, with 1 kW of thermal power, operated by Universidad Polytecnica de Catalunya (UPC). Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 4 research reactors Spain has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in Spain, JEN-1 Mod (1958).

Country

Spain

City

Barcelona

Type

Other

Thermal power

1 kW

Operator

Universidad Polytecnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

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