United States · Lemont, IL · 43.533, -112.945 (approximate location)

EBWR

EBWR, a research reactor (other) in Lemont, IL, United States, with 100 MW of thermal power, operated by Argonne National Laboratory. 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). Its declared uses include innovative research.

Country

United States

City

Lemont, IL

Type

Other

Thermal power

100 MW

Operator

Argonne National Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1956

Purpose

Innovative research

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