United States · Albuquerque, NM · 40.547, -105.066 (approximate location)

AGN-201 Univ. New Mexico

AGN-201 Univ. New Mexico, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Albuquerque, NM, United States, with 5 W of thermal power, operated by University of New Mexico, Chemical & Nuclear Eng.. Operating, first critical in 1966.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 24 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. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Albuquerque, NM

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

5 W

Operator

University of New Mexico, Chemical & Nuclear Eng.

Status

Operating

First criticality

1966

Purpose

Teaching, training

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