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

S8G Submarine Prototype

S8G Submarine Prototype, a research reactor (other) in Ballston Spa, NY, United States, operated by Bechtel Marine Propulsion Co.. Operating, first critical in 1979.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States, one of 5 zero-power assemblies among them. It went critical 37 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It has been 47 years since its first criticality.

Country

United States

City

Ballston Spa, NY

Type

Other

Thermal power

critical

Operator

Bechtel Marine Propulsion Co.

Status

Operating

First criticality

1979

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