United States · Madison, WI · 43.042, -89.492 (approximate location)

UWNR Univ. Wisconsin

UWNR Univ. Wisconsin, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Madison, WI, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by Max Carbon Radiation Science Center. Operating, first critical in 1961.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 19 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 36 TRIGA reactors operating worldwide, spread across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United States

City

Madison, WI

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

Max Carbon Radiation Science Center

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Neutron radiography, teaching, training, activation analysis

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