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

SER Sandia Engineering

SER Sandia Engineering, a research reactor (tank) in Albuquerque, NM, United States, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Sandia National Laboratories. 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). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include neutron radiography and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Albuquerque, NM

Type

Tank

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Sandia National Laboratories

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Neutron radiography, materials testing

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