United States · Camp Century, Greenland · 77.167, -61.133

PM-2A

PM-2A, a research reactor (other) in Camp Century, Greenland, United States, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by United States Army. Decommissioned, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942).

Country

United States

City

Camp Century, Greenland

Type

Other

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

United States Army

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Electricity and steam supply

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