United States · State College, PA · 40.799, -77.864 (approximate location)

PSBR Penn St. Unv.

PSBR Penn St. Unv., a research reactor (tRIGA) in State College, PA, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by The Pennsylvania State University. Operating, first critical in 1955.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 13 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 36 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United States

City

State College, PA

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

The Pennsylvania State University

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1955

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, materials testing

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