France · Cadarache · 43.688, 5.762 (approximate location)

Scarabee

Scarabee, a research reactor (pool) in Cadarache, France, with 100 MW of thermal power, operated by CEN de Cadarache. Decommissioned, first critical in 1982.

It was one of the 38 research reactors France has had; 2 remain in operation today. It went critical 34 years after the first research reactor in France, ZOE (EL-1) (1948). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

France

City

Cadarache

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 MW

Operator

CEN de Cadarache

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1982

Purpose

Materials testing

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