United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.494, -112.006 (approximate location)

LOFT Loss of Fluid Test

LOFT Loss of Fluid Test, a research reactor (tank) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 50 MW of thermal power, operated by EG&G Idaho, Inc.. Decommissioned, first critical in 1978.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 36 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.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Tank

Thermal power

50 MW

Operator

EG&G Idaho, Inc.

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1978

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