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ATRC

ATRC, a research reactor (pool) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 5 kW of thermal power, operated by Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC. Operating, first critical in 1964.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 22 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 kW

Operator

Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Materials testing

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