United States · Pleasanton, CA · 38.932, -92.342

NTR General Electric

NTR General Electric, a research reactor (graphite) in Pleasanton, CA, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Vallecitos Nuclear Center. Operating, first critical in 1957.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 4 graphite-moderated research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 3 countries. Its declared uses include neutron radiography, training and activation analysis.

Country

United States

City

Pleasanton, CA

Type

Graphite

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Vallecitos Nuclear Center

Status

Operating

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Neutron radiography, training, activation analysis

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