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FIR-1

FIR-1, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Espoo, Finland, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Shut down, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 2 research reactors Finland has had; 0 remain in operation today. It was the first research reactor in Finland to go critical. 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

Finland

City

Espoo

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

250 kW

Operator

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, neutron capture therapy, materials testing

See also: every research reactor in Finland · How research reactors work · every reactor by General Atomics