United States · Aiken, SC · 33.549, -81.721 (approximate location)

PDP Process Development Pile

PDP Process Development Pile, a research reactor (heavy water) in Aiken, SC, United States, with 500 W of thermal power, operated by DuPont Savannah River Site. Decommissioned, first critical in 1953.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 11 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 10 heavy-water research reactors remain in operation today across 7 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Aiken, SC

Type

Heavy water

Thermal power

500 W

Operator

DuPont Savannah River Site

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1953

Purpose

Materials testing

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