United States · Charlottesville, VA · 38.047, -78.473 (approximate location)

UVAR Univ. Virginia

UVAR Univ. Virginia, a research reactor (pool) in Charlottesville, VA, United States, with 2 MW of thermal power, operated by Nuclear Reactor Facility. Decommissioned, first critical in 1960.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 18 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 48 pool-type reactors remain in operation today across 28 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and activation analysis.

Country

United States

City

Charlottesville, VA

Type

Pool

Thermal power

2 MW

Operator

Nuclear Reactor Facility

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1960

Purpose

Teaching, activation analysis

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