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

HRT Homogeneous Reactor Test

HRT Homogeneous Reactor Test, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Oak Ridge, TN, United States, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Union Carbide Nuclear Corporation. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 homogeneous reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include research, development and experiments.

Country

United States

City

Oak Ridge, TN

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Union Carbide Nuclear Corporation

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Research, development, and experiments

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