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Cabri

Cabri, a research reactor (pool) in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France, with 25 MW of thermal power, operated by CEN Cadarache. Operating, first critical in 1963.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 2 research reactors operating in France. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in France, ZOE (EL-1) (1948). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

France

City

Saint-Paul-lès-Durance

Type

Pool

Thermal power

25 MW

Operator

CEN Cadarache

Status

Operating

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Materials testing

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