United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.518, -112.824

SL-1 Stationary Low Power

SL-1 Stationary Low Power, a research reactor (other) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by Combustion Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 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

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Other

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

Combustion Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Training

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