United States · Lynchburg, VA · 33.250, -81.650

LPR Lynchburg Pool Reactor

LPR Lynchburg Pool Reactor, a research reactor (pool) in Lynchburg, VA, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Babcock & Wilcox Company. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 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 training and nuclear data measurements.

Country

United States

City

Lynchburg, VA

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Babcock & Wilcox Company

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Training, nuclear data

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