OPAL
- Country: Australia
- Role: Research
- Status: Operating
- Year: 2006
Overview
The Open Pool Australian Lightwater reactor at Lucas Heights near Sydney, a 20 MW multipurpose reactor producing most of the Australian nuclear medicine supply plus neutron beam research and irradiation services, replacing the older HIFAR in 2006.
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