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R2-0

R2-0, a research reactor (pool) in Nyköping, Sweden, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Studsvik Nuclear AB. Shut down, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 6 research reactors Sweden has had; 0 remain in operation today. It went critical 6 years after the first research reactor in Sweden, R-1 (1954). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and neutron capture therapy.

Country

Sweden

City

Nyköping

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Studsvik Nuclear AB

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Teaching, training, neutron capture therapy

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