The Sodium Reactor Experiment was a pioneering nuclear power plant built by Atomics International at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near Simi Valley, California. The reactor operated from 1957 to 1
The Sodium Reactor Experiment facility in 1958
Sodium Reactor Experiment – Refueling head
Gail Fowler of Atomics International displays an L.A. Times headline about the reactor's production of electricity (November 1957)
Sodium Reactor Experiment – Construction of the reactor
Atomics International was a division of the North American Aviation company which engaged principally in the early development of nuclear technology and nuclear reactors for both commercial and govern
Sodium Reactor Experiment
…The Sodium Reactor Experiment was a pioneering nuclear power plant built by Atomics International at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near Simi Valley, California. The reactor operated from 1957 to 1964. On July 12, 1957 the Sodium Reactor Experiment…
The American Nuclear Society designated the Sodium Reactor Experiment a Nuclear Historical Landmark on November 13, 1985.
On May 20, 1965, the City of Los Angeles recognized Atomics International on the occasion of the successful SNAP-10A mission.
In 1957, Japan issued this stamp commemorating the completion of their first nuclear reactor. Translation: "The establishment of the first reactor in Japan – 1957".