United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.533, -112.945 (approximate location)

HTRE-1

HTRE-1, a research reactor (other) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 20 MW of thermal power, operated by General Electric Company. Decommissioned, first critical in 1955.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 13 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Other

Thermal power

20 MW

Operator

General Electric Company

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1955

Purpose

Nuclear data

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