United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.533, -112.945 (approximate location)

SPERT-3 Special Power Excursion Test

SPERT-3 Special Power Excursion Test, a research reactor (pool) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 60 MW of thermal power, operated by Phillips Petroleum Company. 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). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include nuclear data measurements and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Pool

Thermal power

60 MW

Operator

Phillips Petroleum Company

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Nuclear data, materials testing

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