United States · Gainesville, FL · 29.656, -82.388 (approximate location)

UFTR Univ. Florida

UFTR Univ. Florida, a research reactor (other) in Gainesville, FL, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Univ. of Florida Dept. of Material Sciences & Engineering. 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). Its declared uses include isotope production, neutron radiography, teaching and training. It has been 67 years since its first criticality.

Country

United States

City

Gainesville, FL

Type

Other

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Univ. of Florida Dept. of Material Sciences & Engineering

Status

Operating

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Isotope production, neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis, innovative research, nuclear data

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