United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.518, -113.009

BORAX-1

BORAX-1, a research reactor (other) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 1.4 MW of thermal power, operated by Argonne National Lab-West. Decommissioned, first critical in 1953.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 11 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Other

Thermal power

1.4 MW

Operator

Argonne National Lab-West

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1953

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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