United States · Charlottesville, VA · 38.047, -78.473 (approximate location)

CAVALIER Univ. Virginia

CAVALIER Univ. Virginia, a research reactor (pool) in Charlottesville, VA, United States, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Reactor Facility. Decommissioned, first critical in 1974.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 32 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 teaching.

Country

United States

City

Charlottesville, VA

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Nuclear Reactor Facility

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1974

Purpose

Teaching

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