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Research and test reactors, critical assemblies and prototypes at this site, as listed in the IAEA Research Reactor Database: type, thermal power, first criticality, shutdown date, current status and what each is used for.
4 reactors: 4 decommissioned.
Reactor
Type
Thermal Power
First Criticality
Shutdown
Status
Used For
Bettis TRX CA
Crit Assembly
10 Wt
1953-01-01
Decommissioned
materials testing, nuclear data
Bettis PWR Flexible Assembly
Crit Assembly
1 Wt
1955-01-01
Decommissioned
materials testing
HTTF Critical Assembly
Crit Assembly
1 Wt
1959-01-01
Decommissioned
nuclear data
LWBCC Light Water Breeder
Crit Assembly
1 Wt
1963-08-01
Decommissioned
materials testing, nuclear data
Source: IAEA Research Reactor Database (RRDB), as of 2026-10-13.
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40.3563, -79.8997
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Address:
814 Pittsburgh Mckeesport Blvd West Mifflin, PA 15122, USA
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Written by NukeWorker from public records: facts that do not change. Operator, status and capacity come from the live data elsewhere on this page. Sources: Wikipedia: Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory.
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory is a naval nuclear propulsion laboratory in West Mifflin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Its site covers about 207 acres.
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The laboratory was founded in 1949 on the former Bettis Field, named for Cyrus Bettis, and Westinghouse Electric ran it from its founding until 1998. Bettis adapted the pressurized water reactor design developed at Oak Ridge for naval use, starting with the S1W prototype, and went on to develop propulsion plants for USS Nautilus, USS George Washington, USS Long Beach and USS Enterprise. Westinghouse's Nuclear Power Division also built the Shippingport Power Plant, the first U.S. commercial nuclear power plant.
