United States · Starkville, MS · 46.648, -119.599

RRR Raleigh Research Reactor

RRR Raleigh Research Reactor, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Starkville, MS, United States, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Bagley College of Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1953.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 11 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 homogeneous reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Starkville, MS

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Bagley College of Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1953

Purpose

Teaching, training

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