Norway · Kjeller · 59.983, 11.033 (approximate location)

JEEP II

JEEP II, a research reactor (tank) in Kjeller, Norway, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Institutt for Energiteknikk. Shut down, first critical in 1966.

It was one of the 4 research reactors Norway has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in Norway, JEEP I (1951). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and silicon doping.

Country

Norway

City

Kjeller

Type

Tank

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Institutt for Energiteknikk

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1966

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, silicon doping, transmutation, teaching, activation analysis, geochronology, materials testing

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