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RNG New Generation Reactor

RNG New Generation Reactor, a research reactor (other) in Saint-Paul-les-Durance, France, with 120 MW of thermal power, operated by Cen/Cadarache. Shut down, first critical in 1975.

It was one of the 38 research reactors France has had; 2 remain in operation today. It went critical 27 years after the first research reactor in France, ZOE (EL-1) (1948).

Country

France

City

Saint-Paul-les-Durance

Type

Other

Thermal power

120 MW

Operator

Cen/Cadarache

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1975

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