United States · Ann Arbor, MI · 42.237, -83.649 (approximate location)

Ford Nuclear Reactor Univ. Michigan

Ford Nuclear Reactor Univ. Michigan, a research reactor (pool) in Ann Arbor, MI, United States, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by University of Michigan. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 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 neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Ann Arbor, MI

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

University of Michigan

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, materials testing

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