United States · College Station, TX · 30.601, -96.314 (approximate location)

AGN-201 Texas A&M Univ.

AGN-201 Texas A&M Univ., a research reactor (homogeneous) in College Station, TX, United States, with 5 W of thermal power, operated by Texas A&M Univ./Dept. of Nuclear Engineering. Operating, first critical in 1957.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 15 homogeneous reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. It has been 69 years since its first criticality.

Country

United States

City

College Station, TX

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

5 W

Operator

Texas A&M Univ./Dept. of Nuclear Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

1957

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