Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning

April 1, 2025, 3:00PMRadwaste Solutions
The reactor hall of the Halden research reactor in Norway. (Photo: IFE)

The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.