United States · Charleston, SC · 32.916, -80.024 (approximate location)

MTS-626

MTS-626, a research reactor (other) in Charleston, SC, United States, with 78 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 21 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Charleston, SC

Type

Other

Thermal power

78 MW

Operator

Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Teaching, training

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