NRX
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NRX was a heavy-water-moderated, light-water-cooled, nuclear research reactor at the Canadian Chalk River Laboratories, which came into operation in 1947 at a design power rating of 10 MW, increasing
NRX and Zeep buildings 1945
ZEEP
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The ZEEP reactor was a nuclear reactor built at the Chalk River Laboratories near Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. ZEEP first went critical at 15:45 on September 5, 1945. ZEEP was the first operational n
NRX
…down permanently on 30 March 1993. Decommissioning is underway at the Chalk River Laboratories site. NRX was the successor to Canada's first reactor, ZEEP. Because the operating life of a research reactor was not expected to be very long, in 1948, planning started for the construction of a successor…
NRX and ZEEP buildings, Chalk River Laboratories, 1945. The Ottawa River is behind the reactor buildings.