United States · Columbus, OH · 40.020, -82.971 (approximate location)

BRR Battelle Research Reactor

BRR Battelle Research Reactor, a research reactor (pool) in Columbus, OH, United States, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Battelle Laboratories-West Jefferson. Decommissioned, first critical in 1956.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 14 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. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, activation analysis and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Columbus, OH

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Battelle Laboratories-West Jefferson

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1956

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, activation analysis, materials testing

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