United States · Las Vegas, NV · 36.167, -115.149 (approximate location)

Kiwi-TNT

Kiwi-TNT, a research reactor (other) in Las Vegas, NV, United States, with 937 MW of thermal power, operated by Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1965.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 23 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

Las Vegas, NV

Type

Other

Thermal power

937 MW

Operator

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Nuclear data

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