ZEEP
The ZEEP (Zero Energy Experimental Pile) reactor was a nuclear reactor built at the Chalk River Laboratories near Chalk River, Ontario, Canada (which superseded the Montreal Laboratory for nuclear research in Canada). ZEEP first went critical at 15:45 on September 5, 1945. ZEEP was the first operational nuclear reactor outside the United States.[1]
The reactor was designed by Canadian, British and French scientists as a part of an effort to produce
ZEEP was one of the world's first
ZEEP continued to be used for basic research until 1970.[1] It was decommissioned in 1973 and dismantled in 1997. In 1966 ZEEP was designated a historic site by Ontario, and commemorated with a historic plaque. Both this plaque and ZEEP itself are now on display at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Canada.
See also
- Science and technology in Canada
- CANDU reactor
- Heavy water reactor
- AECL
- List of nuclear reactors
References
- ^ a b c "ZEEP -- Canada's First Nuclear Reactor". Canada Science and Technology Museum. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Canada's Historical Role in Developing Nuclear Weapons", Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
- ^ "History of Engineering", The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ "Canada's Nuclear Achievement: Technical and Economic Perspectives", IEEE Canada
- ^ "Canadian Engineering Achievements"[permanent dead link], University of Waterloo
- ^ "Candu: The Canadian Nuclear Reactor", CBC Digital Archives
External links
- NRC Archives Photographs - Physics- Atomic Energy Project collection Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- ZEEP: The Little Reactor that Could (1995)
- AECL Public Affairs brochure on ZEEP (1992)
- The Canadian Nuclear FAQ
- The Society for the Preservation of Canada's Nuclear Heritage, Inc.
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