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 …

6 天之前 · On December 20, 1951, EBR-I became the first power plant to produce electricity using atomic energy. In 1953, testing at EBR-I confirmed that a reactor could create (or breed) more …

2019年6月18日 · Here are 9 notable facts about Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I), the power plant that pioneered nuclear development: 1. EBR-I was a liquid metal-cooled fast …

EBR-I was the first of more than fifty reactors to be built at this site. Nuclear reactors operate by a process called fission, in which a large, heavy nucleus splits into at least two smaller nuclei. …

2017年4月11日 · On December 20, 1951, the experimental plant created enough power to light four bulbs, 200 watts apiece. The next day, the reactor was powering an entire building. It was …

2019年5月15日 · EBR-I is the first of 52 reactors established on the Site since 1949 as a means of researching, testing and understanding the potential of nuclear energy to bring clean power …

experiment at EBR-I began. The reactor was started up, and the power gradually increased over several hours. At 1:50 p.m., the first usable amount of electricity ever generated from nuclear …

2024年8月12日 · On 4 June 1953 EBR-I provided the first proof of "breeding" capability, producing one atom of nuclear fuel for each atom burned, and later produced electricity using …

2019年12月19日 · This reactor, dubbed the Experimental Breeder Reactor number 1 (EBR-I), was successful on December 20, 1951, in producing electrical power sufficient to power four 200 …

World's first nuclear power plant to demonstrate the breeder concept. On December 20, 1951, engineers and scientists at EBR-1 watched a string of four light bulbs spring to life. For the first …