United States · Lynchburg, VA · 37.390, -79.201 (approximate location)

BAWTR Babcock & Wilcox Test Reactor

BAWTR Babcock & Wilcox Test Reactor, a research reactor (pool) in Lynchburg, VA, United States, with 6 MW of thermal power, operated by Lynchburg Research Center. Decommissioned, first critical in 1964.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 22 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

United States

City

Lynchburg, VA

Type

Pool

Thermal power

6 MW

Operator

Lynchburg Research Center

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1964

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