United States · Idaho Falls, ID · 43.686, -112.760

TREAT

TREAT, a research reactor (graphite) in Idaho Falls, ID, United States, with 80 kW of thermal power, operated by Argonne West National Laboratory. Operating, first critical in 1959.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 17 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 4 graphite-moderated research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 3 countries. It is one of 3 research reactors in 1 country that Argonne designed or built.

Country

United States

City

Idaho Falls, ID

Type

Graphite

Thermal power

80 kW

Operator

Argonne West National Laboratory

Design and construction

Designed by Argonne National Laboratory

Status

Operating

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Materials testing

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