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Melusine

Melusine, a research reactor (pool) in Grenoble, France, with 8 MW of thermal power, operated by CEA Grenoble. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 38 research reactors France has had; 2 remain in operation today. It went critical 10 years after the first research reactor in France, ZOE (EL-1) (1948). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

France

City

Grenoble

Type

Pool

Thermal power

8 MW

Operator

CEA Grenoble

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

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