United States · Atlanta, GA · 33.835, -84.338 (approximate location)

GTRR Georgia Tech

GTRR Georgia Tech, a research reactor (tank) in Atlanta, GA, United States, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Neely Research Center. Decommissioned, first critical in 1964.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 22 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 teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Atlanta, GA

Type

Tank

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Neely Research Center

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Teaching, training

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