United States · Upton, NY · 40.869, -72.887 (approximate location)

Phrenic

Phrenic, a research reactor (pool) in Upton, NY, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Brookhaven National Laboratory. 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). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements.

Country

United States

City

Upton, NY

Type

Pool

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Nuclear data

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