United States · Morgantown, WV · 39.641, -79.926 (approximate location)

AGN-211 West Virginia Univ.

AGN-211 West Virginia Univ., a research reactor (homogeneous) in Morgantown, WV, United States, with 75 W of thermal power, operated by WVU Department of 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. Its declared uses include teaching and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Morgantown, WV

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

75 W

Operator

WVU Department of Chemical Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Teaching, materials testing

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