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MH-1A

MH-1A, a research reactor (other) in Panama Canal Zone, United States, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by United States Army. Decommissioned, first critical in 1967.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942).

Country

United States

City

Panama Canal Zone

Type

Other

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

United States Army

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Electricity and fresh water supply

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