United States · Las Cruces, NM · 32.336, -106.764 (approximate location)

White Sands Fast Burst Reactor

White Sands Fast Burst Reactor, a research reactor (fast) in Las Cruces, NM, United States, with 10 MW of thermal power, operated by US Department of Defense. Operating, first critical in 1964.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 22 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 15 fast research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. It has been 62 years since its first criticality.

Country

United States

City

Las Cruces, NM

Type

Fast

Thermal power

10 MW

Operator

US Department of Defense

Status

Operating

First criticality

1964

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