United States · Albuquerque, NM · 35.051, -106.543

ACRR Annular Core RR

ACRR Annular Core RR, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Albuquerque, NM, United States, with 2.4 MW of thermal power, operated by Sandia National Laboratories. Operating, first critical in 1967.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 37 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 18 countries. It is one of 66 research reactors in 21 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United States

City

Albuquerque, NM

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

2.4 MW

Operator

Sandia National Laboratories

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Neutron radiography, materials testing

See also: every research reactor in United States · How research reactors work · every reactor by General Atomics