R2

Machine-translated from the Swedish article

R2 was a research reactor located in Studsvik. The reactor was ordered by AB Atomenergi but was designed and delivered by Allis-Chalmers, an American company best known for its manufacture of tractors. The reactor first went critical on 4 May 1960 at 03:54, had then cost around 32 million kronor and was thereafter in regular operation until its final shutdown on 16 June 2005 at