United States · Tuxedo, NY · 41.222, -74.186 (approximate location)

UCNR Union Carbide

UCNR Union Carbide, a research reactor (pool) in Tuxedo, NY, United States, with 5 MW of thermal power, operated by Union Carbide Nuclear Company. Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 19 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production.

Country

United States

City

Tuxedo, NY

Type

Pool

Thermal power

5 MW

Operator

Union Carbide Nuclear Company

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production

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