United States · Manhattan, KN · 39.740, -104.990

KSU TRIGA Mark II

KSU TRIGA Mark II, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Manhattan, KN, United States, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by Kansas State University, Mech./Nuclear Eng. Operating, first critical in 1962.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 20 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 36 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United States

City

Manhattan, KN

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

250 kW

Operator

Kansas State University, Mech./Nuclear Eng

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Research, development, and experiments

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