United States · Tucson, AZ · 32.262, -110.941 (approximate location)

Univ. Arizona TRIGA

Univ. Arizona TRIGA, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Tucson, AZ, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by Univ. of Arizona, College of Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1958.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 16 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United States

City

Tucson, AZ

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

Univ. of Arizona, College of Engineering

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1958

Purpose

Teaching, training

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