Country | Canada |
Facility Name | SLOWPOKE-2, RMC |
Facility Number | CA-0014 |
Status | OPERATIONAL |
Last Updated | 2009/02/05 |
General Data |
Owner | Minister of National Defence |
Operator | Authority at the Royal Military College of Canada |
Licensing | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission |
Construction Date | 1985/08/20 |
Criticality Date | 1985/09/06 |
Safeguards | IAEA |
Initial Cost | 1 M C$ |
Total Staff | 6 |
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) | 1.8E11 |
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 | NO |
Coolant Velocity in Core | |
Reflector | BE |
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 | 5 |
Loops Number | |
Loops Max Flux | |
Loops use |
Fuel data |
Origin of Fissile Material | USA |
Enrichment Supplier | USA |
Equilibrium Core Size | 198 |
Plates per Element | |
Dimensions of Plates | |
Rods per Element | 1 |
Dimensions of Rods, mm | 228X5.1 |
Tubes per Element | |
Dimensions of Tubes, mm | |
Cladding Material | ZR |
Cladding Thickness, mm | 0.5 |
Fuel Material | UO2 |
Fuel Thickness, mm | 4.1 |
Uranium Density, g/cm3 | |
Burnup on Discharge, max % | |
Burnup Average, % | |
Last Shipment Year | |
Last Receipt Year | |
Fuel Fabricator | AECL, CA |
Utilization |
Hours per Day | 8 |
Days per Week | 5 |
Weeks per Year | 50 |
MW Days per Year | 0 |
Materials/fuel test experiments | NO |
Isotope Production | some |
N/A | |
Neutron Scattering | NO |
Neutron Radiography | On-line beam hours: N/A |
Neutron capture therapy | NO |
Activation Analysis | N/A |
N/A | |
Transmutation | Mass of Silicon (kg) : N/A Mass of gemstones (kg): N/A |
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 | 1985/09/06 | 1985/08/20 | 24 | 8 |