United States · Raleigh · 35.780, -78.640 (approximate location)

R-3 North Carolina State Univ.

R-3 North Carolina State Univ., a research reactor (pool) in Raleigh, United States, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Department of Nuclear Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Raleigh

Type

Pool

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Department of Nuclear Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Teaching, training

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