United States · Baton Rouge, LA · 30.411, -91.033 (approximate location)

SNARE Sandia Nuclear Assembly

SNARE Sandia Nuclear Assembly, a research reactor (pool) in Baton Rouge, LA, United States, with 2 kW of thermal power, operated by Louisiana State University Nuclear Science Center. Decommissioned, first critical in 1951.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 9 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries.

Country

United States

City

Baton Rouge, LA

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2 kW

Operator

Louisiana State University Nuclear Science Center

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1951

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