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ATR

ATR, a research reactor (tank) in Idaho Falls, United States, with 250 MW of thermal power, operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC. Operating, first critical in 1967.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, innovative research and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls

Type

Tank

Thermal power

250 MW

Operator

Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

Status

Operating

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Isotope production, innovative research, materials testing

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