United States · New York, NY · 40.713, -74.006 (approximate location)

AGN-201 Polytechnic Inst. of New York

AGN-201 Polytechnic Inst. of New York, a research reactor (homogeneous) in New York, NY, United States, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by Polytechnic Institute of New York. Decommissioned, first critical in 1968.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 26 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 homogeneous reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and activation analysis.

Country

United States

City

New York, NY

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

Polytechnic Institute of New York

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1968

Purpose

Teaching, activation analysis

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