United States · Washington, DC · 38.895, -77.037 (approximate location)

NRR Naval Research Reactor

NRR Naval Research Reactor, a research reactor (pool) in Washington, DC, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by US Navy. Decommissioned, first critical in 1956.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 14 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Washington, DC

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

US Navy

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1956

Purpose

Materials testing

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