United States · Oak Ridge, TN · 35.930, -84.310

LITR Low Intensity Test

LITR Low Intensity Test, a research reactor (tank) in Oak Ridge, TN, United States, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by Union Carbide Corporation. Shut down, first critical in 1950.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 8 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Oak Ridge, TN

Type

Tank

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

Union Carbide Corporation

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1950

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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