United States · Narragansett, RI · 41.450, -71.449 (approximate location)

RINSC Rhode Island NSC

RINSC Rhode Island NSC, a research reactor (pool) in Narragansett, RI, United States, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission. Operating, first critical in 1964.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 22 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 teaching and activation analysis.

Country

United States

City

Narragansett, RI

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

Purpose

Teaching, activation analysis

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