United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.494, -112.006 (approximate location)

PBF Power Burst Facility

PBF Power Burst Facility, a research reactor (tank) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 28 MW of thermal power, operated by EG&G Idaho, Inc.. Decommissioned, first critical in 1972.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 30 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Tank

Thermal power

28 MW

Operator

EG&G Idaho, Inc.

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Materials testing

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