United States · Los Angeles · 34.052, -118.244 (approximate location)

UCLA R1

UCLA R1, a research reactor (other) in Los Angeles, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by UCLA, Nuclear Engineering Laboratory. Decommissioned, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include teaching and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Los Angeles

Type

Other

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

UCLA, Nuclear Engineering Laboratory

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Teaching, materials testing

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