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TRIGA Mark II

TRIGA Mark II, a research reactor (tRIGA) in San Diego, CA, United States, with 50 kW of thermal power, operated by John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science. 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). 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

San Diego, CA

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

50 kW

Operator

John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

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