United States · Las Vegas, NV · 36.167, -115.149 (approximate location)

SKUA Fast Burst

SKUA Fast Burst, a research reactor (fast) in Las Vegas, NV, United States, with 1 kW of thermal power, operated by University of California. Shut down, first critical in 1978.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 36 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Las Vegas, NV

Type

Fast

Thermal power

1 kW

Operator

University of California

Status

Shut down

First criticality

1978

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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