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HOR

HOR, a research reactor (pool) in Delft, Netherlands, with 2.3 MW of thermal power, operated by TU Delft Reactor Institute. Operating, first critical in 1963.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 3 research reactors operating in the Netherlands. It went critical 3 years after the first research reactor in the Netherlands, LFR (1960). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

Netherlands

City

Delft

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2.3 MW

Operator

TU Delft Reactor Institute

Status

Operating

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

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