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PM-1

PM-1, a research reactor (other) in Sundance Air Force Station, United States, with 1.3 MW of thermal power, operated by United States Air Force. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 20 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942).

Country

United States

City

Sundance Air Force Station

Type

Other

Thermal power

1.3 MW

Operator

United States Air Force

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Electricity and steam supply

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