United States · Lawrence, KS · 38.960, -95.265 (approximate location)

KUTR Univ. Kansas

KUTR Univ. Kansas, a research reactor (pool) in Lawrence, KS, United States, with 250 kW of thermal power, operated by KU School of Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 19 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include teaching.

Country

United States

City

Lawrence, KS

Type

Pool

Thermal power

250 kW

Operator

KU School of Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Teaching

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