United States · Sandusky, OH · 41.387, -82.684

PBR Plum Brook Reactor

PBR Plum Brook Reactor, a research reactor (tank) in Sandusky, OH, United States, with 60 MW of thermal power, operated by National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 19 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

Sandusky, OH

Type

Tank

Thermal power

60 MW

Operator

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Materials testing

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