United States · Pleasanton, CA · 37.672, -121.882 (approximate location)

EVESR Superheat Reactor

EVESR Superheat Reactor, a research reactor (other) in Pleasanton, CA, United States, with 17 MW of thermal power, operated by Vallecitos Nuclear Center. Shut down, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 21 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Pleasanton, CA

Type

Other

Thermal power

17 MW

Operator

Vallecitos Nuclear Center

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Materials testing

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