United States · Rolla, MO · 37.947, -91.763 (approximate location)

MSTR Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech.

MSTR Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech., a materials test reactor (MTR) in Rolla, MO, United States, with 200 kW of thermal power, operated by MUST Nuclear Reactor Facility. Operating, first critical in 1961.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 19 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 5 materials test reactors (MTR) operating worldwide, spread across 5 countries. It has been 65 years since its first criticality.

Country

United States

City

Rolla, MO

Type

Materials test reactor (MTR)

Thermal power

200 kW

Operator

MUST Nuclear Reactor Facility

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

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