United States · Albuquerque, NM · 35.132, -106.624 (approximate location)

SPR II Sandia Pulsed

SPR II Sandia Pulsed, a research reactor (fast) in Albuquerque, NM, United States, with 5 kW of thermal power, operated by Sandia National Laboratories. Decommissioned, first critical in 1967.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 25 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 15 fast research reactors remain in operation today across 6 countries. Its declared uses include materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Albuquerque, NM

Type

Fast

Thermal power

5 kW

Operator

Sandia National Laboratories

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1967

Purpose

Materials testing

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