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Nereide

Nereide, a research reactor (pool) in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, with 500 kW of thermal power, operated by CEA Fontenay-aux-Roses. Decommissioned, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 38 research reactors France has had; 2 remain in operation today. It went critical 12 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

Fontenay-aux-Roses

Type

Pool

Thermal power

500 kW

Operator

CEA Fontenay-aux-Roses

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1960

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