Touring a Nuclear Power Plant - EBR-1 - Arco, Idaho
The Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 is a decommissioned research reactor and a National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles southeast of Arco, Idaho. It was one of the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plants. It was also the world's first breeder reactor and the first to produce electricity using plutonium fuel. The museum has an impressive collection of original artifacts and a large area to explore. Josiah and Peter were able to follow a tour guide around the plant. Eleanor and I enjoyed the kids area and built straw rockets and paper airplanes and then explored some of the hands-on exhibits. Admission was FREE and it was a great educational pit stop for our family!
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An experiment in Arco Idaho that changed the world forever
ARCO - On a cold winter day in 1951, Walter Zinn and a group of scientists met in a small nuclear reactor 50 miles west of Idaho Falls to conduct an experiment that would change the modern world forever.
It was five days before Christmas, and Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were at their height.
At that time, the Soviets claimed everything the United States (did with nuclear power) was about weapons. We didn't have a peaceful bone in our bodies, INL spokesman Don Miley says of the Soviet's mentality.
But this experiment would prove that the U.S. was about more than nuclear weapons and that atomic energy could be used for peaceful means.
That day, Zinn and his group of scientists conducted the world's first usable electricity generated by a nuclear reactor.
They lit four light bulbs, and the next day, lit the entire building, says Miley.
That's the story behind Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the first nuclear reactor built in Idaho on the National Reactor Testing Site. NRTS is the predecessor to what we know today as Idaho National Laboratories.
Testing at EBR-I confirmed that a reactor could create more fuel than it consumes and it paved the way for an even bigger scientific breakthrough with a different reactor four years later.
In July of 1955, another group of scientists attempted to use nuclear energy to power an entire town.
They tied the generator into the power grid and flipped a switch. They were not in phase with the utility and fried seven miles of power lines, says Miley.
They tried it again several days later, and this time they succeeded.
One or two nights later, they made sure they were in phase with the power company, switched over to BORAX-III, and for an hour in the middle of the night, they lit our central facilities area and Arco, Idaho.
Arco, located 20 miles northwest of EBR-I, became the first city in the world lit by atomic power on July 17, 1955.
EBR1 Haroldsen Tour Pt 1
Electrical engineer, Ray Haroldsen, gives a tour of Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 and tells the story of the first electrical power from atomic energy, the famous light bulbs, the liquid metal cooled fast neutron reactor, the U-235 core and the Plutonium core reactor, Doctor Walter Zinn, Enrico Fermi team, and the events that lead to the first nuclear meltdown.
EBR-1 World's First Nuclear Reactor- Atomic Energy Museum Idaho
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EBR-I Fast Facts
On December 20, 1951, EBR-I became the first power plant to produce electricity using atomic energy.
EBR-I was the first reactor built in Idaho at the National Reactor Testing Station (forerunner to today’s INL)
In 1953, testing at EBR-I confirmed that a reactor could create (or breed) more fuel than it consumes.
This pioneering reactor operated for 12 years before being shut down for the last time in December 1963.
President Lyndon Johnson dedicated EBR-I as a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
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A brief summary of the SL-1 nuclear accident in Idaho.
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A trip to the Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I). In 1951, the first electricity from nuclear power was generated at EBR-I—using a reactor that actually bred more fuel than it consumed, using an all-plutonium core.
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. At 1:50 pm on December 20, 1951 it became the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plant when it produced sufficient electricity to illuminate four 200-watt light bulbs.[3][4] It subsequently generated sufficient electricity to power its building, and continued to be used for experimental purposes until it was decommissioned in 1964.
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A Presidential Visit to the Experimental Breeder Reactor - I (EBR-I), 1966
On Aug. 26, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson presided over ceremonies that designated the retired EBR-I reactor a Registered Historical National Monument. Before 15,000 witnesses, he said, We have come to a place today where hope was born that man would do more with his discovery [of atomic fission] than unleash destruction in its wake.
EBR-I helped spawn a huge international industry that now plays a major role in meeting the world's energy needs. Today more than 100 nuclear power plants provide 20 percent of the electricity consumed in the United States. More than 435 reactors provide some 17 percent of the world's electricity, and about 65 more plants are under construction around the world.
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1961 Nuclear Reactor Meltdown : The SL-1 Accident - United States Army Documentary - WDTVLIVE42 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (Idaho Operations Office) briefing about the SL-1 Nuclear Reactor.
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