United States · Oak Ridge, TN · 36.013, -84.263 (approximate location)

Latin American Demo Reactor

Latin American Demo Reactor, a research reactor (pool) in Oak Ridge, TN, United States, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1969.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 27 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.

Country

United States

City

Oak Ridge, TN

Type

Pool

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1969

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