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OMRE

OMRE, a research reactor (other) in INL, United States, with 16 MW of thermal power. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include research, development and experiments.

Country

United States

City

INL

Type

Other

Thermal power

16 MW

Operator

—

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Research, development, and experiments

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