United States · Poughkeepsie, NY · 41.671, -73.907 (approximate location)

PTF Proof Test Facility

PTF Proof Test Facility, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Poughkeepsie, NY, United States, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by UNC Remote Experimental Station. Decommissioned, first critical in 1967.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Poughkeepsie, NY

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

UNC Remote Experimental Station

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Materials testing

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