United States · Simi Valley, CA · 34.231, -118.696

SNAP 10 F-3

SNAP 10 F-3, a research reactor (other) in Simi Valley, CA, United States, with 44 kW of thermal power, operated by Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1965.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 23 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include research, development and experiments.

Country

United States

City

Simi Valley, CA

Type

Other

Thermal power

44 kW

Operator

Santa Susana Field Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1965

Purpose

Research, development, and experiments

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