Country | Canada |
Facility Name | SLOWPOKE-2, MONTREAL |
Facility Number | CA-0009 |
Status | OPERATIONAL |
Last Updated | 2009/02/03 |
General Data |
Owner | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL |
Operator | |
Licensing | CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION |
Construction Date | 1975/01/01 |
Criticality Date | 1976/05/01 |
Safeguards | IAEA |
Initial Cost | 220 K C$ |
Annual Cost | 500 K C$ |
Total Staff | 5 |
No of Operators | 4 |
Technical Data |
Reactor Type | SLOWPOKE-2 |
Thermal Power, Steady (kW) | 20.00 |
Max Flux SS, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | 1.0E12 |
Max Flux SS, Fast (n/cm2-s) | 2.5E11 |
Thermal Power, Pulsed (MW) | 0.00 |
Max Flux Pulsed, Thermal (n/cm2-s) | |
Max Flux Pulsed, Fast (n/cm2-s) | |
Moderator | LIGHT WATER |
Coolant | LIGHT WATER |
Natural Convection Cooling | YES |
Forced Cooling | |
Coolant Velocity in Core | |
Reflector | BE,H2O |
Reflector Number of Sides | ANNULAR+TOP+BOTTOM |
Control Rods Material | CD |
Control Rods number | 1 |
Experimental Facilities |
Horizontal Channels | |
Horizontal Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Horizontal Use | |
Vertical Channels | |
Vertical Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Vertical Use | |
Core Irradiation Facilities | |
Core Max Flux (n/cm2-s) | |
Reflector Irradiation Facilities | 7 |
Loops Number | |
Loops Max Flux | |
Loops use |
Fuel data |
Origin of Fissile Material | USA |
Enrichment Supplier | USA (ERDA) |
Equilibrium Core Size | 1 |
Plates per Element | |
Dimensions of Plates | |
Rods per Element | |
Dimensions of Rods, mm | 5.26 X 234 |
Tubes per Element | |
Dimensions of Tubes, mm | |
Cladding Material | ZR |
Cladding Thickness, mm | 0.51 |
Fuel Material | UO2 |
Fuel Thickness, mm | 4.16 DIA |
Uranium Density, g/cm3 | 10.6 OXIDE |
Burnup on Discharge, max % | 1.3 |
Burnup Average, % | 1.3 |
Last Shipment Year | |
Last Receipt Year | |
Fuel Fabricator | ZIRCATEC |
Utilization |
Hours per Day | 6 |
Days per Week | 5 |
Weeks per Year | 50 |
MW Days per Year | 0 |
Materials/fuel test experiments | NO |
Isotope Production | 41Ar, 198Au, 24Na, 46Sc, 233Pa |
1 | |
Neutron Scattering | NO |
Neutron Radiography | NO |
Neutron capture therapy | NO |
Activation Analysis | INAA |
10500 | |
Transmutation | NO |
Geochronology | NO |
Teaching | Number of students: N/A |
Training | NO |
Other Uses | NO |
Operating Experience |
Reactor | Thermal Power | Date of | Operational for | |||
Category | Type | kW | Criticality | Construction | Years | Months |
RESEARCH | SLOWPOKE-2 | 20.00 | 1976/05/01 | 1975/01/01 | 33 | 0 |