| Country | Canada |
| Facility Name | NRU |
| Facility Number | CA-0002 |
| Status | OPERATIONAL |
| Last Updated | 2010/12/21 |
| General Data |
| Owner | ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED |
| Operator | CHALK RIVER LABORATORIES |
| Licensing | CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION |
| Construction Date | 1952/01/01 |
| Criticality Date | 1957/11/03 |
| Safeguards | IAEA |
| Initial Cost | 58 M C$ |
| Annual Cost | 22 M C$ |
| Total Staff | 200 |
| No of Operators | 95 |
| Technical Data |
| Reactor Type | HEAVY WATER |
| Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 135,000.00 |
| Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 4.0E14 |
| Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E14 |
| Thermal Power, Pulsed (MW) | 0.00 |
| Max Flux Pulsed, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | |
| Max Flux Pulsed, Fast (n/cm2-s) | |
| Moderator | HEAVY WATER |
| Coolant | HEAVY WATER |
| Natural Convection Cooling | |
| Forced Cooling | 1950 kg/s |
| Coolant Velocity in Core | 8.7 M/S |
| Reflector | D2O,H2O |
| Reflector Number of Sides | 4 |
| Control Rods Material | CD,CO |
| Control Rods number | 18 |