Reed Research Reactor

The Reed Research Reactor (RRR) is a research nuclear reactor located on-campus at Reed College in Portland, OR. It is a pool-type TRIGA Mark I reactor, built by General Atomics in 1968 and operated since then under licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Maximum thermal output is 500 kW. The reactor has over 1,000 visitors each year and serves the Reed College departments of Physics, Chemistry, and others. RRR is the only research reactor in the world that is owned and operated by an undergraduate educational institution. It is operated and maintained primarily by undergraduate college students under the supervision of a director and associate director who are members of the college staff. The facility provides scientific...