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

GETR General Electric Test Reactor

GETR General Electric Test Reactor, a research reactor (tank) in Pleasanton, CA, United States, with 50 MW of thermal power, operated by Vallecitos Nuclear Center. Shut down, 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). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Pleasanton, CA

Type

Tank

Thermal power

50 MW

Operator

Vallecitos Nuclear Center

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Materials testing

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