United States · West Lafayette, IN · 40.428, -86.911

PUR-1 Purdue Univ.

PUR-1 Purdue Univ., a research reactor (pool) in West Lafayette, IN, United States, with 1 kW of thermal power, operated by Purdue Univ., School of Nuclear Engineering. Operating, first critical in 1962.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 20 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. It has been 64 years since its first criticality.

Country

United States

City

West Lafayette, IN

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 kW

Operator

Purdue Univ., School of Nuclear Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

1962

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