United States · Livermore, CA · 37.686, -121.764 (approximate location)

LPTR Livermore Pool

LPTR Livermore Pool, a research reactor (tank) in Livermore, CA, United States, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 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

Livermore, CA

Type

Tank

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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