United States · Houston, TX · 29.773, -95.400 (approximate location)

AGN-211 Rice Univ.

AGN-211 Rice Univ., a research reactor (homogeneous) in Houston, TX, United States, with 5 W of thermal power, operated by Rice Univ., Chemical Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 17 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.

Country

United States

City

Houston, TX

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

5 W

Operator

Rice Univ., Chemical Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

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