NRX
- Country: Canada
- Role: Research
- Status: Decommissioned
- Year: 1947
Overview
The National Research Experimental reactor at Chalk River, once the most powerful research reactor in the world and a workhorse for neutron physics and isotopes from 1947 to 1993. A 1952 accident and partial meltdown, cleaned with help from young navy officer Jimmy Carter, shaped early reactor safety practice.
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