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PULSTAR North Carolina State Univ.

PULSTAR North Carolina State Univ., a research reactor (pool) in Raleigh, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by North Carolina State University. Operating, first critical in 1972.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 30 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Raleigh

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

North Carolina State University

Status

Operating

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Neutron scattering, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

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