United States · West Lafayette, IN · 40.442, -86.912 (approximate location)

Purdue Subcritical Pile (PSP)

Purdue Subcritical Pile (PSP), a research reactor (subcritical assembly) in West Lafayette, IN, United States, operated by Purdue Univ., School of Nuclear Engineering. Operating.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States, one of 5 zero-power assemblies among them. It is one of 20 subcritical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 13 countries.

Country

United States

City

West Lafayette, IN

Type

Subcritical assembly

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Purdue Univ., School of Nuclear Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

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