United States · INL · 43.533, -112.945 (approximate location)

SUSIE

SUSIE, a research reactor (other) in INL, United States. Decommissioned, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 17 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

INL

Type

Other

Thermal power

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Operator

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Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Research, development, and experiments

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