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VENUS-F

also VENUS

VENUS-F is a very-low-power critical assembly research facility in Mol, Belgium, operated by SCK CEN. The IAEA Research Reactor Database lists it as operational, with first criticality on 30 April 1964.

Operator
SCK CEN
Type
Research reactor
Approach
Fission
Country
BE
Status
Operating

Design values

What the machine was built to do, as published. Not results, and never ranked.

Design values for VENUS-F
ParameterValueUnit StatusSource
Thermal capacity (rated) medium confidence 10⁻⁴ MW MW claimed IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB): public reactor list (JSON behind nucleus.iaea.org/rrdb) aggregator