United States · Upton, NY · 40.870, -72.876

BMRR Brookhaven Medical

BMRR Brookhaven Medical, a research reactor (tank) in Upton, NY, United States, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by US Department of Energy. Shut down, 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). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include activation analysis and neutron capture therapy.

Country

United States

City

Upton, NY

Type

Tank

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

US Department of Energy

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Activation analysis, neutron capture therapy

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