United States · Oak Ridge, TN · 35.922, -84.307

MSRE Molten Salt Reactor Experiment

MSRE Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Oak Ridge, TN, United States, with 7.4 MW of thermal power, operated by Union Carbide Nuclear Corporation. Shut down, first critical in 1965.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 23 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 homogeneous reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include research, development and experiments.

Country

United States

City

Oak Ridge, TN

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

7.4 MW

Operator

Union Carbide Nuclear Corporation

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Research, development, and experiments

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