United States · Los Alamos, NM · 35.893, -106.300 (approximate location)

SHEBA

SHEBA, a research reactor (homogeneous) in Los Alamos, NM, United States, with 2 kW of thermal power, operated by University of California. Shut down, first critical in 1980.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 38 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 homogeneous reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Los Alamos, NM

Type

Homogeneous

Thermal power

2 kW

Operator

University of California

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1980

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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