United States · Tuskegee, AL · 32.432, -85.707 (approximate location)

AGN-201 Tuskegee Inst.

AGN-201 Tuskegee Inst., a research reactor (homogeneous) in Tuskegee, AL, United States, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by Tuskegee Institute, School of Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 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.

Country

United States

City

Tuskegee, AL

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

Tuskegee Institute, School of Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Teaching

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