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Demokritos (GRR-1)

Demokritos (GRR-1), a research reactor (pool) in Athens, Greece, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos". Temporary shutdown, first critical in 1961.

It is the most powerful research reactor in Greece, of the 2 currently operating. It was the first research reactor in Greece to go critical and is still operating 65 years later. It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, teaching and activation analysis.

Country

Greece

City

Athens

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos"

Status

Temporary shutdown

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, teaching, activation analysis, materials testing

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