United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.533, -112.945 (approximate location)

CFRMF Couple Fast Reactivity Measurement

CFRMF Couple Fast Reactivity Measurement, a research reactor (pool) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by EG&G Idaho, Inc.. 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). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

EG&G Idaho, Inc.

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Isotope production, nuclear data, materials testing

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