United States · Oak Ridge, TN · 35.930, -84.310

HPRR Health Physics Research

HPRR Health Physics Research, a research reactor (other) in Oak Ridge, TN, United States, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Lockheed Martin Energy Systems. Shut down, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 21 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include training and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Oak Ridge, TN

Type

Other

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Lockheed Martin Energy Systems

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Training, materials testing

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