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

SNAP 8 Experimental Reactor

SNAP 8 Experimental Reactor, a research reactor (other) in Simi Valley, CA, United States, with 600 kW of thermal power, operated by Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 21 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942).

Country

United States

City

Simi Valley, CA

Type

Other

Thermal power

600 kW

Operator

Santa Susana Field Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

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