United States · Columbia, MO · 38.932, -92.342

MURR Univ. Missouri-Columbia

MURR Univ. Missouri-Columbia, a research reactor (tank) in Columbia, MO, United States, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by Research Reactor Center. Operating, first critical in 1966.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 24 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, transmutation and teaching.

Country

United States

City

Columbia, MO

Type

Tank

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

Research Reactor Center

Status

Operating

First criticality

1966

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, transmutation, teaching, activation analysis

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