United States · Sandusky, OH · 41.387, -82.684

PBMUR Plum Brook Mockup Reactor

PBMUR Plum Brook Mockup Reactor, a research reactor (pool) in Sandusky, OH, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by NASA Glenn Research Center. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 21 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

Sandusky, OH

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

NASA Glenn Research Center

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Materials testing

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