United States · Oak Ridge, TN · 35.918, -84.304

HFIR

HFIR, a research reactor (tank) in Oak Ridge, TN, United States, with 85 MW of thermal power, operated by Ornl- Research Reactors Division. Operating, first critical in 1965.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 23 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

United States

City

Oak Ridge, TN

Type

Tank

Thermal power

85 MW

Operator

Ornl- Research Reactors Division

Status

Operating

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, innovative research, materials testing

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