United States · Omaha, NE · 41.259, -95.938 (approximate location)

Veterans Affairs RR

Veterans Affairs RR, a research reactor (tRIGA) in Omaha, NE, United States, with 20 kW of thermal power, operated by Omaha VA Medical Center. 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). 36 TRIGA reactors remain in operation today across 17 countries. It is one of 65 research reactors in 20 countries that General Atomics designed or built.

Country

United States

City

Omaha, NE

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

20 kW

Operator

Omaha VA Medical Center

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1959

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