United States · Simi Valley, CA · 34.270, -118.746 (approximate location)

SGR CA Sodium Graphite

SGR CA Sodium Graphite, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Simi Valley, CA, United States, with 1 W of thermal power, operated by Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1957.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 15 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 44 critical assemblies remain in operation today across 12 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements.

Country

United States

City

Simi Valley, CA

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

1 W

Operator

Santa Susana Field Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1957

Purpose

Nuclear data

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