SLOWPOKE reactor
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The SLOWPOKE is a family of low-energy, tank-in-pool type nuclear research reactors designed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited beginning in the late 1960s. John W. Hilborn is the scientist most close
Polytechnique Montreal's SLOWPOKE-2 reactor pit cover.
SLOWPOKE reactor core model.
Chalk River Laboratories
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Chalk River Laboratories is a Canadian nuclear research facility in Deep River, about 180 km north-west of Ottawa.
SLOWPOKE reactor
…especially later when further generations of SLOWPOKE reactors had appeared, these types of reactors were named SLOWPOKE-1), was designed and built at Chalk River Laboratories. It was primarily intended for Canadian universities, providing a higher neutron flux than available from small commercial accelerators, while avoiding…
Chalk River Laboratories seen from the Ottawa River
NRX and Zeep buildings, Chalk River Laboratories, 1945