United States · Zion, IL · 42.453, -87.840 (approximate location)

WNTR Westinghouse Nuclear Training

WNTR Westinghouse Nuclear Training, a research reactor (tank) in Zion, IL, United States, with 10 kW of thermal power, operated by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Decommissioned, first critical in 1972.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 30 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). 36 tank-type reactors remain in operation today across 23 countries. Its declared uses include training.

Country

United States

City

Zion, IL

Type

Tank

Thermal power

10 kW

Operator

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1972

Purpose

Training

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