United States · Ames, IA · 42.027, -93.632 (approximate location)

UTR-10 Iowa State Univ.

UTR-10 Iowa State Univ., a research reactor (other) in Ames, IA, United States, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by ISU Department of Chemical Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1959.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 17 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). Its declared uses include teaching and materials testing.

Country

United States

City

Ames, IA

Type

Other

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

ISU Department of Chemical Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Teaching, materials testing

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