United States · Albuquerque, NM · 35.132, -106.624 (approximate location)

Sandia SPR CX

Sandia SPR CX, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Albuquerque, NM, United States, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by Sandia National Laboratories. Operating, first critical in 1989.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 47 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements.

Country

United States

City

Albuquerque, NM

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

Sandia National Laboratories

Status

Operating

First criticality

1989

Purpose

Nuclear data

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