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Reactor BR3

Belgian Reactor 3 or BR3, which was a prototype pressurised water reactor, was operational between 1962 and 1987. It was Western Europe’s first reactor of this type and it was also the first to be decommissioned.

Discover all about the BR3 reactor in the section 'Research infrastructure'.

Belgian Reactor 3 (BR3) being dismantled BR3 building with the turbine hall on the left, the offices on the right and the dome of the reactor building in the background Close-up of the reactor building Removing the reactor vessel Cutting up the parts during the dismantling Installation for chemical decontamination of the parts Demolition of the ventilation chimney The BR3 control room, disassembled and moved to the SCK•CEN Club-House The BR3 control room, disassembled and moved to the SCK•CEN Club-House Performance by the Scala & Kolacny Brothers in the former turbine hall of BR3 Performance by the Scala & Kolacny Brothers in the former turbine hall of BR3 Vertical dance on the outside wall of BR3 during the ‘The culture reactor’ event Light art on the outside wall of BR3 during the ‘The culture reactor’ event Building the reactor in 1959 Building the reactor in 1959

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