United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.494, -112.006 (approximate location)

GCRE, Gas Cooled Reactor Experiment

GCRE, Gas Cooled Reactor Experiment, a research reactor (other) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 2.2 MW of thermal power, operated by Aerojet - General Nucleonics. Decommissioned, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Other

Thermal power

2.2 MW

Operator

Aerojet - General Nucleonics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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