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BORAX-5

BORAX-5, a research reactor (other) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 20 MW of thermal power, operated by Argonne National Lab-West. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 20 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Other

Thermal power

20 MW

Operator

Argonne National Lab-West

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Materials testing

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