United States · Los Alamos, NM · 35.893, -106.300 (approximate location)

Kinglet

Kinglet, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Los Alamos, NM, United States, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by University of California. Decommissioned, first critical in 1972.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 30 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 nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Los Alamos, NM

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

University of California

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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