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Alecto

Alecto, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by CEA Saclay. Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 38 research reactors France has had; 2 remain in operation today. It went critical 13 years after the first research reactor in France, ZOE (EL-1) (1948). 15 homogeneous reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements.

Country

France

City

Gif-sur-Yvette

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

CEA Saclay

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Nuclear data

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