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Idaho National Laboratory. Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 in Idaho, the first reactor to generate a usable amount of electricity. Idaho National Laboratory ( INL) is one of the national laboratories of the United States Department of Energy and is managed by the Battelle Energy Alliance. Historically, the lab has been involved with ...
The Advanced Test Reactor ( ATR) is a research reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory, located east of Arco, Idaho. This reactor was designed and is used to test nuclear fuels and materials to be used in power plants, naval propulsion, research and advanced reactors. It can operate at a maximum thermal power of 250 MW and has a "Four Leaf ...
Added to NRHP. October 15, 1966 [1] Designated NHL. December 21, 1965 [2] 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) southeast of Arco, Idaho. It was the world's first breeder reactor. [3]
Throughout 2024, the Idaho National Laboratory will celebrate its 75th anniversary. Established in 1949 as the National Reactor Testing Station, researchers at the Idaho site have conducted ...
Idaho played a significant role in nuclear energy history in the 1950s and ‘60s, and that continues through today. Idaho is home to great nuclear achievements and the deadliest disaster in U.S ...
WIPP received 423 shipments in 2023, as of Thursday according to the latest DOE data, with 334 or 78 percent coming from Idaho National Laboratory. More than 400 shipments of nuclear waste came to ...
Naval Reactors Facility. Coordinates: 43°38′56″N 112°54′58″W. View from outside, circa 1957. The Naval Reactors Facility ( NRF) is located 52 miles (84 km) northwest of Idaho Falls, Idaho. The NRF is a United States Department of Energy - Naval Reactors facility where three nuclear propulsion prototypes A1W, S1W and S5G were located.
TREAT was designed by Argonne National Laboratory, and is located at the Idaho National Laboratory. Since original construction, the facility had additions or systems upgrades in 1963, 1972, 1982, and 1988. The 1988 addition was extensive, and included upgrades of most of the instrumentation and control systems. TREAT Reactor (south side)