United States · Lynchburg, VA · 37.390, -79.201 (approximate location)

CX-12 Babcock & Wilcox

CX-12 Babcock & Wilcox, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Lynchburg, VA, United States, with 1 kW of thermal power, operated by Lynchburg Research Center. 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). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Lynchburg, VA

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

1 kW

Operator

Lynchburg Research Center

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Materials testing

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