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BARN

BARN, a research reactor (pool) in Wageningen, Netherlands, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Institute for the Application of Atomic Energy in Agricultur. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 8 research reactors the Netherlands has had; 3 remain in operation today. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in the Netherlands, LFR (1960). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

Netherlands

City

Wageningen

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Institute for the Application of Atomic Energy in Agricultur

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

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