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SCA

SCA, a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in Helsinki, Finland, operated by VTT Technical Research Centre. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 2 research reactors Finland has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 1 year after the first research reactor in Finland, FIR-1 (1962). 20 subcritical assemblies remain in operation today across 13 countries.

Country

Finland

City

Helsinki

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

VTT Technical Research Centre

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

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