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Breeder reactor in Idaho, US
Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) is a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles (29 km)
Experimental Breeder Reactor I
Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I
Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These reactors can be fueled with more-commonly available
Breeder_reactor
Decommissioned experimental nuclear reactor in Idaho, USA
112.657156°W / 43.595039; -112.657156 Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) was a sodium-cooled fast reactor designed, built and operated by Argonne
Experimental Breeder Reactor II
Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_II
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten sodium
of the Clementine reactor in 1946. The first nuclear reactor to generate electricity was the Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), which achieved criticality
Sodium-cooled_fast_reactor
Nuclear reactor where fast neutrons maintain a fission chain reaction
source. Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) at Argonne West, now Idaho National Laboratory, near Arco, Idaho, in 1951 became the first reactor to generate
Fast-neutron_reactor
Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 26, but most of the area (except Experimental Breeder Reactor I) is restricted to authorized personnel and requires appropriate
Idaho_National_Laboratory
Component of nuclear fission or fusion reactors
from a fission reactor or fusion reactor. In the fission context, breeding blankets have been used since the 1950s in breeder reactors, to manufacture
Breeding_blanket
US proposed nuclear-powered plane (1950s)
the Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Arco, Idaho. A large, 350 ft (110 m) wide hangar was built at Test Area North, part of the National Reactor Testing
Convair_X-6
U.S. project 1946–1961
decommissioned HTRE-2 and HTRE-3 reactors and test assemblies can be viewed by the public in the Experimental Breeder Reactor I parking lot at Idaho National
Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion
Nuclear physicist (1906–2000)
designed and built several new reactors, including Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the first nuclear reactor to electrically power a building, which went live
Walter_Zinn
Nuclear reactor where the coolant is liquid metal
reactor (LMR) is a type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant is a liquid metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for breeder reactor
Liquid_metal_cooled_reactor
Emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor
A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor effected by terminating the fission reaction. It is also the name that is given to the
Scram
Thermal power station where the heat source is a nuclear reactor
that heat from a nuclear reactor was used to generate electricity was on 21 December 1951, at the Experimental Breeder Reactor I, powering four light bulbs
Nuclear_power_plant
Reactor)". Reactors Designed by Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory. Retrieved 3 May 2012. "EBR-I (Experimental Breeder Reactor-I)"
List of nuclear research reactors
List_of_nuclear_research_reactors
International nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject
ITER (originally an acronym for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, and also meaning "the way" or "the path" in Latin) is an international
ITER
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten salt
power plant using a thorium fuel cycle in a breeder reactor. Increased research into Generation IV reactor designs renewed interest in the 21st century
Molten-salt_reactor
Nuclear reactor design
(DOE) began designing an IFR in 1984 and built a prototype, the Experimental Breeder Reactor II. On April 3, 1986, two tests demonstrated the safety of the
Integral_fast_reactor
Cardiac Pacemaker 1951 – Manufacture of Transistors 1951 – Experimental Breeder Reactor I 1951–1958 – SAGE-Semi-Automatic Ground Environment 1951–1952
List_of_IEEE_Milestones
Series of boiling water nuclear reactor safety experiments
BORAX-I principles during a real nuclear accident Experimental Breeder Reactor I first production of electric power Notes Light Water Reactor Technology
BORAX_experiments
Nuclear power plant in Obninsk, Russia (operates 1954–2002)
briefly connected to the US power grid in 1955[citation needed] Experimental Breeder Reactor I – World's first nuclear power plant (powered its own building
Obninsk_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Flying machine that relies on thrust generated from nuclear energy
engines. Two shielded reactors powered two General Electric J87 turbojet engines to nearly full thrust. Two experimental reactors, HTRE-2 with its turbojet
Nuclear-powered_aircraft
Research laboratory in Illinois, US
3 (1944), the world's first heavy-water moderated reactor, and the Experimental Breeder Reactor I (Chicago Pile 4) in Idaho, which lit a string of four
Argonne_National_Laboratory
Deactivated fast breeder reactor in Aktau, Kazakhstan
on the shore of the Caspian Sea. Construction of the BN-350 fast breeder reactor began in 1964, and the plant first produced electricity in 1973. In
BN-350_reactor
New nuclear reactor technologies under development
reactor types Generation II reactor Generation III reactor Integral fast reactor Stable salt reactor Liquid fluoride thorium reactor Breeder reactor Small
Generation_IV_reactor
Nuclear Reactor and Power Plant Accidents that have occurred in the past years
build nuclear reactors and a significant learning phase followed with many early partial core meltdowns and accidents at experimental reactors and research
Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States
Nuclear_reactor_accidents_in_the_United_States
Topics referred to by the same term
company Extended boot record Experimental Breeder Reactor I, a decommissioned nuclear research reactor Electro-biochemical reactor European Business Register
EBR
Nuclear reactor where water boils in core
A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power. It is the second most common type of electricity-generating
Boiling_water_reactor
Canadian prototype nuclear power reactor
stations Nuclear Power Similar "firsts" in other countries: Experimental Breeder Reactor I, US 200 KWe plant (1951) Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, first
Nuclear_Power_Demonstration
American construction and civil engineering company
working with nuclear power after being contracted to build the Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho. The company later built the United States' first privately
Bechtel
Chemical element with atomic number 92 (U)
Argonne National Laboratory's Experimental Breeder Reactor I, located at the Atomic Energy Commission's National Reactor Testing Station near Arco, Idaho
Uranium
Breeder reactor at Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station (1966–1975)
Fermi 1 was the United States' only demonstration-scale breeder reactor, built during the 1950s at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the
Fermi_1
Nuclear energy extracted from thorium isotopes
(PWR), Sodium Reactor Experiment (SGR), Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), Experimental Breeder Reactor II (FBR), and Homogeneous Reactor Experiment
Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Canadian heavy water nuclear reactor design
CANDU (Canada deuterium uranium) is a Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. The acronym refers to its deuterium
CANDU_reactor
Applied science
nuclear reactor to generate electricity was Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), which did so near Arco, Idaho, in 1951 on December 20. EBR-I was a standalone
Nuclear_engineering
Closed nuclear power plant in Japan
the Power Reactor and the Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, the Government concern that ran the country's prototype fast-breeder reactor. Officials
Monju_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2013. Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 factsheet, Idaho National Laboratory Archived 29 October 2008
Nuclear_reactor
Nonprofit for Atomic Age history
They are: The first nuclear reactor capable of producing usable amounts of electricity was Experimental Breeder Reactor I, which lit up four light bulbs
Atomic_Heritage_Foundation
Test sodium-cooled fast reactor in Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan
in 2014. Following the closure of the unsuccessful follow-on fast breeder reactor Monju in 2016, a decision was made to continue research at Jōyō. On
Jōyō_(nuclear_reactor)
fast-flux, pool-type reactor with metallic fuel based on the 30-year successful operation of the Experimental Breeder Reactor II in Idaho. ARC Nuclear
List of small modular reactor designs
List_of_small_modular_reactor_designs
Nuclear reactor cooled or moderated by an organic liquid
An Organic nuclear reactor or Organic-cooled reactor (OCR) is a class of nuclear reactor in which the primary coolant or neutron moderator is an organic
Organic_nuclear_reactor
Nuclear reactor, Oak Ridge 1965–1969
The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) was an experimental molten-salt reactor research reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge
Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment
Type of nuclear fission reactor
likely to absorb a fast neutron than 235 U. Fast reactors can also be breeder reactors. These reactors release enough neutrons to transmute non-fissionable
Small_modular_reactor
commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used to generate
List of commercial nuclear reactors
List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors
First heavy water reactor in the world
sister reactor CP-1/CP-2. Chicago Pile-1 Experimental Breeder Reactor I (Chicago Pile-4) Chicago Pile-5 "Site A/Plot M, Illinois, Decommissioned Reactor Site
Chicago_Pile-3
Science and Technology Legacy, Reactors: Modern-Day Alchemy Fast Reactor Technology. EBR-I (Experimental Breeder Reactor-I) "The Atomic Age Opens". Retrieved
History_of_nuclear_power
systems that were supposed to stabilize the reactor after the earthquake. According to UBS AG, the Fukushima I nuclear accidents have cast doubt on whether
List of nuclear power accidents by country
List_of_nuclear_power_accidents_by_country
Nuclear engineering company in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
including reactors for nuclear submarines, nuclear-powered icebreakers, and the floating nuclear power plant project. It also designs fast breeder reactors. Nearly
OKBM_Afrikantov
American nuclear technology company
75 MWe small modular reactor designed by Oklo. It is a compact sodium-cooled fast reactor, modeled after Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II), and uses
Oklo_Inc.
Fast-neutron nuclear reactor cooled by molten lead
design. Fast breeder reactor Fast neutron reactor Gas-cooled fast reactor Generation IV reactor Integral fast reactor Sodium-cooled fast reactor Reistad,
Lead-cooled_fast_reactor
Calendar year
delivered to the United Nations. December 20 Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-1), the world's first (experimental) nuclear power plant, opens in Idaho, United
1951
Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Butte County
National Register of Historic Places listings in Idaho
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Idaho
Electricity generation by nuclear fusion
gravity provides the conditions for fusing hydrogen isotopes. Experimental reactors use deuterium and tritium, heavier isotopes of hydrogen, in a process
Fusion_power
Thermal-neutron research reactor at Argonne National Laboratory (1954–1979)
radiation. Chicago Pile-1 Chicago Pile-3 Experimental Breeder Reactor I (Chicago Pile-4) Heavy Water and Graphite Reactors: CP-5, Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago_Pile-5
Nuclear reactor that killed 3 in 1961
Low-Power Reactor Number One, also known as SL-1, initially the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR), was a United States Army experimental nuclear reactor at the
SL-1
Tourism involving travel to nuclear sites
tritium Experimental Breeder Reactor I, Arco, Idaho – first nuclear reactor to produce electrical power, first breeder reactor, and first reactor to use
Atomic_tourism
City in Bingham County, Idaho, United States
is halfway between the towns of Blackfoot and Arco (home of Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plant)
Atomic_City,_Idaho
Type of nuclear reactor
experimental phase they were built by the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA), and later by Électricité de France (EDF). The largest UNGG reactor
UNGG_reactor
Park. ASME brochure 39 1979 Experimental Breeder Reactor I World's first nuclear power plant to demonstrate the breeder concept. 1951 Arco Idaho United
List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks
List_of_Historic_Mechanical_Engineering_Landmarks
National Laboratory. "EBR-I (Experimental Breeder Reactor-I)". Argonne National Laboratory. "EBR-II (Experimental Breeder Reactor-II)". Argonne National
List of power stations in Idaho
List_of_power_stations_in_Idaho
Idaho desert. Electricity from a generator connected to Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) flowed through them. This was the first time that a usable
Nuclear power in the United States
Nuclear_power_in_the_United_States
Decommissioned nuclear reactor experiment in Idaho
Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment (OMRE) was a 16 MWt experimental organic nuclear reactor that operated at the National Reactor Testing Station from
Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment
Organic_Moderated_Reactor_Experiment
County in Idaho, United States
Printing Office. 1895. p. 99. Retrieved February 3, 2017. Census Reports Volume I: Twelfth Census of the United States, Taken in the Year 1900. Washington:
Butte_County,_Idaho
Power generated from nuclear reactions
was generated for the first time by a nuclear reactor on December 20, 1951, at the EBR-I experimental station near Arco, Idaho, which initially produced
Nuclear_power
exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Hess Heritage Museum, Ashton Ketchum
List_of_museums_in_Idaho
2013 American film
nuclear reactors generation III reactor generation IV reactor integral fast reactor Experimental Breeder Reactor I Experimental Breeder Reactor II small
Pandora's_Promise
Nuclear research facility in Mumbai, India
breeder reactor at Kalpakkam over". The Hindu. 26 November 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 August 2023. DHNS. "India to get fast breeder reactor in
Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre
Month of 1955
[citation needed] A partial meltdown of the nuclear reactor core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I near Arco, Idaho, United States, takes place during
November_1955
delivered to the United Nations. December 20 – Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-1), the world's first (experimental) nuclear power plant, opens in Idaho. December
1951_in_the_United_States
Concept nuclear reactor whose water operates at supercritical pressure
supercritical water reactor (SCWR) is a concept Generation IV reactor, designed as a light water reactor (LWR) that operates at supercritical pressure (i.e. greater
Supercritical_water_reactor
Nuclear fuel cycle
In a thorium-fuelled reactor, 232 Th absorbs neutrons to produce 233 U. This parallels the process in uranium breeder reactors whereby fertile 238 U
Thorium_fuel_cycle
Type of nuclear reactor, CO2 or He cooled
A gas-cooled reactor (GCR) is a nuclear reactor that uses graphite as a neutron moderator and a gas (carbon dioxide or helium in extant designs) as coolant
Gas-cooled_reactor
on the RAPID-series (Refueling by All Pins Integrated Design) fast breeder reactor using a liquid lithium-6 design. The study was funded by the Japan
RAPID-L
1997 and 1999 Tōkai nuclear plant events
1997, producing an explosion after an experimental batch of solidified nuclear waste caught fire at the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation
Tokaimura_nuclear_accidents
Reactor accident due to core overheating
1959. The partial meltdown at the Fermi 1 experimental fast breeder reactor, in 1966, required the reactor to be repaired, though it never achieved full
Nuclear_meltdown
reactor and first heavy water reactor in the Soviet Union, achieves criticality. 1951 On August 24, EBR-I, the first breeder reactor, producing more fuel than
Timeline_of_nuclear_power
Pakistani nuclear engineer (1926–1999)
awarded to Commonwealth Edison to design and construct the Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) which built up his interests in practical applications
Munir_Ahmad_Khan
US government preservation program
Former Naval Facilities, Midway National Wildlife Refuge, HI Experimental Breeder Reactor I, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Scoville
Save_America's_Treasures
2011 nuclear accident in Japan
yen ($180bn, £142bn). "Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. Medium crop showing reactors labeled 1 to 5 and site for reactor 6. North is up". Ministry of Land
Fukushima_nuclear_accident
Müller's field ion microscope. November 29 – The nuclear reactor core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I near Arco, Idaho, suffers a partial meltdown during
1955_in_science
India's nuclear energy programme envisioned by Homi J. Bhabha
economically extractable thorium reserves. The first Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor has been repeatedly delayed – and was commissioned in March 2024 –
India's three-stage nuclear power programme
India's_three-stage_nuclear_power_programme
Isotope of uranium
for use in nuclear weapons and as a reactor fuel. It has been used successfully in experimental nuclear reactors and has been proposed for much wider
Uranium-233
Japanese radiochemist (1926–2009)
adviser to residents who filed a lawsuit to try to stop the Monju Experimental Breeder Reactor from being built. He also led a panel of experts who examined
Sanshiro_Kume
Material fuelling nuclear reactors
pyroprocessing. Early sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) predominantly used metal fuel, notably Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II). Subsequent issues, especially
Nuclear_fuel
much more powerful experimental reactor JRR-3 was completed in 1962 by a consortium led by Hitachi, the first experimental reactor to be fully designed
Nuclear_power_in_Japan
civil reprocessing plant in the world at La Hague, as well as experimental fast-breeder reactors. Although the anti-nuclear movement had less of an impact
History of France's civil nuclear program
History_of_France's_civil_nuclear_program
Russian fast neutron research reactor
research reactor intends to replace BOR-60. In construction since 2015, est. completion in 2027. BN-800 reactor - generation IV sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor
BOR-60
Nuclear power safety method that does not require electrical power nor intervention
dome. The integral fast reactor was a fast breeder reactor run by the Argonne National Laboratory. It was a sodium cooled reactor capable of withstanding
Passive_nuclear_safety
Reaction that splits an atomic nucleus
purposes. breeder reactors are intended to produce nuclear fuels in bulk from more abundant isotopes. The better known fast breeder reactor makes 239Pu
Nuclear_fission
Process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground
years. There are two types of breeders: fast breeders and thermal breeders. Efforts at commercializing breeder reactors have been largely unsuccessful
Uranium_mining
British-Swiss computer scientist
in Risley, on fast breeder reactor development. He then moved to Detroit, Michigan, USA, to work on the Enrico Fermi fast breeder project from 1962 to
Ben Segal (computer scientist)
Ben_Segal_(computer_scientist)
Nuclear engineer and professor
Academy of Sciences MELT-I: A Simplified Meltdown Code for Fast Reactor Safety Analysis, technical report, 1968 Fast Breeder Reactors, with Albert B. Reynolds
Alan_Waltar
US government agency
National Reactor Testing Station by the Atomic Energy Commission. It is the location of historic Experimental Breeder Reactor Number I (EBR-I), the first
Office_of_Nuclear_Energy
Thermochemical Cycle to produce Hydrogen from Water
Thermochemical Cycle utilizing nuclear process heat generated from the Fast Breeder Test Reactor at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam
Copper–chlorine_cycle
Nuclear facility in Idaho, United States
conditions of a light water reactor, heavy water reactor, liquid metal fast breeder reactor, or a gas cooled reactor. In some experiments, provisions were made
Transient Reactor Test Facility
Transient_Reactor_Test_Facility
as uranium-233 have been produced in breeder reactors. In addition to isotopes found in nature or nuclear reactors, many isotopes with far shorter half-lives
Isotopes_of_uranium
Type of British nuclear reactor
to clad the fuel rods inside the reactor. Like most other Generation I reactors, the magnox was designed with the dual purpose of producing electrical
Magnox
Italian-American physicist (1901–1954)
concepts, and institutions are named after Fermi, including the Fermi 1 (breeder reactor), the Fermi Explorer mission, the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station
Enrico_Fermi
Heat used in industrial processes
Atomic Energy opened a hydrogen production pilot plant at the Fast Breeder Test Reactor in Kalpakkam. This plant is the first use of nuclear process heat
Process_heat
American nuclear engineer
breeder reactor at ORNL, fired Alvin Weinberg, and redirected its support towards the design and construction of liquid metal fast breeder reactors,
Herbert_G._MacPherson
operating plants today are PWRs. The sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor technology development reactors, Phénix and Superphénix, have been shut down. Work
Nuclear_power_in_France
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