United States · Lowell, MA · 42.639, -71.315 (approximate location)

UMLR Univ. Mass. Lowell

UMLR Univ. Mass. Lowell, a research reactor (pool) in Lowell, MA, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by UML Radiation Laboratory. Operating, first critical in 1975.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 33 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 48 pool-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 28 countries. Its declared uses include teaching.

Country

United States

City

Lowell, MA

Type

Pool

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

UML Radiation Laboratory

Status

Operating

First criticality

1975

Purpose

Teaching

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