United States · Aberdeen, MD · 39.510, -76.169 (approximate location)

APRFR Army Pulse Radiation

APRFR Army Pulse Radiation, a research reactor (fast) in Aberdeen, MD, United States, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Aberdeen Proving Ground. Decommissioned, first critical in 1968.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 26 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include activation analysis and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Aberdeen, MD

Type

Fast

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Aberdeen Proving Ground

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1968

Purpose

Activation analysis, materials testing

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