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S1C Prototype

S1C Prototype, a research reactor (other) in Windsor, CT, United States, operated by Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory-Windsor Site. Decommissioned, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 17 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Windsor, CT

Type

Other

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory-Windsor Site

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Teaching, training

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