United States · Pullman, WA · 46.733, -117.167 (approximate location)

WSUR Washington State Univ.

WSUR Washington State Univ., a research reactor (tRIGA) in Pullman, WA, United States, with 1 MW of thermal power, operated by WSU Nuclear 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

Pullman, WA

Type

TRIGA

Thermal power

1 MW

Operator

WSU Nuclear Science Center

Design and construction

Designed by General Atomics

Status

Operating

First criticality

1961

Purpose

Isotope production, teaching, training, activation analysis

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