United States · Las Vegas, NV · 36.167, -115.149 (approximate location)

Phoebus

Phoebus, a research reactor (other) in Las Vegas, NV, United States, with 3,500 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Rocket Development Station/Nevada Test Site. Decommissioned, first critical in 1965.

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

Country

United States

City

Las Vegas, NV

Type

Other

Thermal power

3,500 MW

Operator

Nuclear Rocket Development Station/Nevada Test Site

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Materials testing

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