United States · Salt Lake City, UT · 40.646, -111.932 (approximate location)

AGN-201 Univ. Utah

AGN-201 Univ. Utah, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Salt Lake City, UT, United States, with 5 W of thermal power, operated by University of Utah. 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

Salt Lake City, UT

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

5 W

Operator

University of Utah

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Teaching

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