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EL-2

EL-2, a research reactor (tank) in Saclay, France, with 2.5 MW of thermal power, operated by CEN de Cadarache. Decommissioned, first critical in 1952.

It was one of the 38 research reactors France has had; 2 remain in operation today. It went critical 4 years after the first research reactor in France, ZOE (EL-1) (1948). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries.

Country

France

City

Saclay

Type

Tank

Thermal power

2.5 MW

Operator

CEN de Cadarache

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1952

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