United States · Newark, DE · 39.683, -75.750 (approximate location)

AGN-201 Univ. Delaware

AGN-201 Univ. Delaware, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Newark, DE, United States, with 5 W of thermal power, operated by Univ. of Delaware College of Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 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

Newark, DE

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

5 W

Operator

Univ. of Delaware College of Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Teaching

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