United States · Clearfield, PA · 41.018, -78.438 (approximate location)

Curtiss-Wright RR

Curtiss-Wright RR, a research reactor (pool) in Clearfield, PA, United States, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by The Pennsylvania State University. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 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 and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Clearfield, PA

Type

Pool

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

The Pennsylvania State University

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Isotope production, materials testing

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