United States · Ballston Spa, NY · 43.007, -73.851 (approximate location)

S3G Submarine Prototype

S3G Submarine Prototype, a research reactor (other) in Ballston Spa, NY, United States, operated by Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include training.

Country

United States

City

Ballston Spa, NY

Type

Other

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Training

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