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Advanced Test Reactor Critical

also ATRC

Advanced Test Reactor Critical is a 5 kW thermal pool-type research reactor in Idaho Falls, ID, the United States, operated by the Idaho National Laboratory. The IAEA Research Reactor Database lists it as operational, with first criticality on 19 May 1964.

Type
Research reactor
Approach
Water-cooled
Country
US
Status
Operating

Design values

What the machine was built to do, as published. Not results, and never ranked.

Design values for Advanced Test Reactor Critical
ParameterValueUnit StatusSource
Thermal capacity (rated) medium confidence 0.005 MW MW claimed IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB): public reactor list (JSON behind nucleus.iaea.org/rrdb) aggregator