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HFR

HFR, a research reactor (tank) in Petten, Netherlands, with 45 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG). Operating, first critical in 1961.

It is the most powerful research reactor in the Netherlands, of the 3 currently operating. It went critical 1 year after the first research reactor in the Netherlands, LFR (1960). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, training and materials testing.

Country

Netherlands

City

Petten

Type

Tank

Thermal power

45 MW

Operator

Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG)

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production, training, materials testing

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