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Pool Test Reactor

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in 1957. It used 93% enriched uranium-aluminum plate-type fuel. The reactor, was used for burnup measurement of
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On November 29, 1957 the reactor attained first criticality and shortly took over the function of
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for measuring reactivity effects of materials, particularly after
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kWt
water
reactor
highly enriched uranium
Chalk River
fissile
NRX
Canadair
ZEEP
irradiation
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
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Nuclear power in Canada
Energy policy of Canada
Electricity sector in Canada
Nuclear industry in Canada
Power plants
Bruce
Darlington
Pickering
Point Lepreau
Douglas Point
Gentilly
Nuclear Power Demonstration
Pickering (A2/A3)
PHWR
CANDU reactor
SGHWR

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