Experimental Breeder Reactor I is a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles southeast of Arco, Idaho. It was the world's first breeder
Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 in Idaho, the first power reactor
Part of the core after the 1955 partial meltdown
Plaques at the EBR-I site
The first production of electricity at EBR-I occurred on December 20, 1951, when four light bulbs were lit
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The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircraft. The United States Army Air F
Experimental Breeder Reactor I
…on December 20, 1951, when four light bulbs were lit The reactor is in the building at center; the two structures lower left are reactors from the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project. View of EBR-I, from the parking lot See also Calder Hall, England, the first nuclear power station to deliver power in commercial quantities. Chicago…
HTRE-2, left, and HTRE-3, right, on display at the Experimental Breeder Reactor I facility
Aircraft Reactor Experiment building at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The NB-36H in a test flight, shadowed by a Boeing B-50 Superfortress
HTRE-3.