United States · Columbus, OH · 40.020, -82.971 (approximate location)

OSURR Ohio State Univ.

OSURR Ohio State Univ., a research reactor (pool) in Columbus, OH, United States, with 500 kW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. Operating, first critical in 1961.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 19 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography and teaching.

Country

United States

City

Columbus, OH

Type

Pool

Thermal power

500 kW

Operator

Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, activation analysis, materials testing

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