United States · Saxton, PA · 40.215, -78.244 (approximate location)

Saxton Experimental Reactor

Saxton Experimental Reactor, a research reactor (other) in Saxton, PA, United States, with 28 MW of thermal power, operated by Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 20 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

Saxton, PA

Type

Other

Thermal power

28 MW

Operator

Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Training

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