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UHTREX Ultra-High Temperature Experiment

UHTREX Ultra-High Temperature Experiment, a research reactor (other) in Los Alamos, NM, United States, with 3 MW of thermal power, operated by University of California. Decommissioned, first critical in 1969.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 27 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include innovative research.

Country

United States

City

Los Alamos, NM

Type

Other

Thermal power

3 MW

Operator

University of California

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1969

Purpose

Innovative research

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