United States · Blacksburg, VA · 37.230, -80.418 (approximate location)

UTR-10 VPI Virginia Tech

UTR-10 VPI Virginia Tech, a research reactor (other) in Blacksburg, VA, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by VPI Mechanical Engineering Department. 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.

Country

United States

City

Blacksburg, VA

Type

Other

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

VPI Mechanical Engineering Department

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

Purpose

Teaching

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