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

HTRE-3

HTRE-3, a research reactor (other) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 32 MW of thermal power, operated by General Electric Company. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Other

Thermal power

32 MW

Operator

General Electric Company

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Materials testing

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