United States · Schenectady, NY · 42.804, -73.929 (approximate location)

WRCF Rensselaer Polytechnic

WRCF Rensselaer Polytechnic, a research reactor (critical assembly) in Schenectady, NY, United States, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by RPI Nuclear Engineering Department. Operating, first critical in 1956.

It is one of the 48 research reactors operating in the United States. It went critical 14 years after the first research reactor in the United States, CP-1, Chicago Pile 1 (1942). It is one of 44 critical assemblies operating worldwide, spread across 12 countries. Its declared uses include teaching and training.

Country

United States

City

Schenectady, NY

Type

Critical assembly

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

RPI Nuclear Engineering Department

Status

Operating

First criticality

1956

Purpose

Teaching, training

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