United States · Seattle · 47.605, -122.330 (approximate location)

UWNR Univ. Washington

UWNR Univ. Washington, a research reactor (other) in Seattle, United States, with 100 kW of thermal power, operated by UW College of Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1961.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 19 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

Seattle

Type

Other

Thermal power

100 kW

Operator

UW College of Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Teaching

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