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The Day Four Lightbulbs Changed the World: Idaho’s Historic First Step in Nuclear-Powered Electricity
Behind the unassuming scene stood the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I), a pioneering facility that helped lay the groundwork for the nuclear age. EBR-I was located on the Idaho National ...
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Nuclear Energy: Improving the Breeder
In the world of nuclear energy, the fast-breeder reactor is considered the power source of the future. Not only do breeders have longer lasting fuel elements than standard, water-moderated ...
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Preconceptual design of a fluoride high temperature salt-cooled engineering demonstration reactor: core design and safety analysis
Examples of engineering demonstration reactors include Peach Bottom 1 for high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) and Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II) for sodium-cooled fast reactors.
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Nuclear energy research drives innovation in Gen-IV reactor safety and efficiency
In fact, Argonne designed, built and operated the full-scale Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) and tested and validated molten sodium technology for 30 years until the lab safely shut down ...
Oak Ridge National Lab9y
Preconceptual design of a fluoride high temperature salt-cooled engineering demonstration reactor: Motivation and overview
Examples of engineering demonstration reactors include Peach Bottom 1 for high temperature gas-cooled reactors and the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II for sodium-cooled fast reactors. Engineering ...