United States · Ithaca, NY · 42.459, -76.492 (approximate location)

ZPR Cornell Zero Power

ZPR Cornell Zero Power, a research reactor (tank) in Ithaca, NY, United States, with 100 W of thermal power, operated by Ward Laboratory of Nuclear Engineering. Decommissioned, first critical in 1962.

It was one of the 340 research reactors the United States has had; 48 remain in operation today. It went critical 20 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 teaching.

Country

United States

City

Ithaca, NY

Type

Tank

Thermal power

100 W

Operator

Ward Laboratory of Nuclear Engineering

Status

Decommissioned

First criticality

1962

Purpose

Teaching

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