United States · Hawthorne, CA · 33.917, -118.349 (approximate location)

TRIGA Mark F, Northrop

TRIGA Mark F, Northrop, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Hawthorne, CA, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Space Radiation Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1963.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 21 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United States

City

Hawthorne, CA

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Space Radiation Laboratory

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1963

Purpose

Activation analysis, materials testing

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