United States · Santa Barbara, CA · 34.430, -119.728 (approximate location)

L-77 UCSB

L-77 UCSB, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Santa Barbara, CA, United States, with 10 W of thermal power, operated by UCSB Dept. of Chemistry & Nuclear Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1975.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 33 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 teaching and activation analysis.

Country

United States

City

Santa Barbara, CA

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

10 W

Operator

UCSB Dept. of Chemistry & Nuclear Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1975

Purpose

Teaching, activation analysis

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