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| idaho nuclear accident: Idaho Falls William McKeown, 2003-04-01 The little-known true story of a mysterious nuclear reactor disaster—years before Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or Fukushima. Before the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s first nuclear reactor meltdown to claim lives happened on US soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, an experimental military reactor located in Idaho’s Lost River Desert that exploded on the night of January 3, 1961, killing the three crewmembers on duty. Through exclusive interviews with the victims’ families and friends, firsthand accounts from rescue workers and nuclear industry insiders, and extensive research into official documents, journalist William McKeown probes the many questions surrounding this devastating blast that have gone unanswered for decades. From reports of faulty design and mismanagement to incompetent personnel and even rumors of sabotage after a failed love affair, these plausible explanations raise startling new questions about whether the truth was deliberately suppressed to protect the nuclear energy industry. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Atomic America Todd Tucker, 2010-11-01 A fascinating story masterfully recounted, Atomic America offers the eye-opening truth behind America's only fatal nuclear reactor incident, its lessons, and its profound implications for today's energy dilemmas. b&w photographs. |
| idaho nuclear accident: The Longest Night Andria Williams, 2016 In 1959, Nat Collier moves with her husband Paul and their two young daughters to Idaho Falls, a remote military town. An Army Specialist, Paul is stationed there to help oversee one of the country's first nuclear reactors--an assignment that seems full of opportunity. Then, on his rounds, Paul discovers that the reactor is compromised, placing his family and the entire community in danger. Worse, his superiors set out to cover up the problem rather than fix it. Paul can't bring himself to tell Nat the truth, but his lies only widen a growing gulf between them--Dust jacket flap. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Accident-Tolerant Materials for Light Water Reactor Fuels Raul B. Rebak, 2020-01-10 Accident Tolerant Materials for Light Water Reactor Fuels provides a description of what an accident tolerant fuel is and the benefits and detriments of each concept. The book begins with an introduction to nuclear power as a renewable energy source and the current materials being utilized in light water reactors. It then moves on to discuss the recent advancements being made in accident tolerant fuels, reviewing the specific materials, their fabrication and implementation, environmental resistance, irradiation behavior, and licensing requirements. The book concludes with a look to the future of new power generation technologies. It is written for scientists and engineers working in the nuclear power industry and is the first comprehensive work on this topic. - Introduces the fundamental description of accident tolerant fuel, including fabrication and implementation - Describes both the benefits and detriments of the various Accident Tolerant Fuel concepts - Includes information on the process of materials selection with a discussion of how and why specific materials were chosen, as well as why others failed |
| idaho nuclear accident: Atomic Accidents James A. Mahaffey, 2014 A gripping narrative of nuclear mishaps and meltdowns around the globe, all of which have proven pivotal to the advancement of nuclear science. |
| idaho nuclear accident: We Almost Lost Detroit John G. Fuller, 1976 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Design-basis Accident Analysis Methods For Light-water Nuclear Power Plants Robert Martin, Cesare Frepoli, 2019-02-13 This book captures the principles of safety evaluation as practiced in the regulated light-water reactor nuclear industry, as established and stabilized over the last 30 years. It is expected to serve both the current industry and those planning for the future. The work's coverage of the subject matter is the broadest to date, including not only the common topics of modeling and simulation, but also methods supporting the basis for the underlying assumptions, the extension to radiological safety, what to expect in a licensing review, historical perspectives and the implication for new designs.This text is an essential resource for practitioners and students, on the current best-practices in nuclear power plant safety and their basis. Contributors of this work are subject matter experts in their specialties, much of which was nurtured and inspired by Prof. Larry Hochreiter, a prominent nuclear safety pioneer.Related Link(s) |
| idaho nuclear accident: Three Mile Island J. Samuel Walker, 2004-03-22 On March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. For five days, the citizens of central Pennsylvania and the entire world, amid growing alarm, followed the efforts of authorities to prevent the crippled plant from spewing dangerous quantities of radiation into the environment. This book is the first comprehensive, moment-by-moment account of the causes, context, and consequences of the Three Mile Island crisis. Walker captures the high human drama surrounding the accident, sets it in the context of the heated debate over nuclear power in the seventies, and analyzes the social, technical, and political issues it raised. He also looks at the aftermath of the accident on the surrounding area, including studies of its long-term health effects on the population.--From publisher description. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Joonhong Ahn, Cathryn Carson, Mikael Jensen, Kohta Juraku, Shinya Nagasaki, Satoru Tanaka, 2014-12-01 This book focuses on nuclear engineering education in the post-Fukushima era. It was edited by the organizers of the summer school held in August 2011 in University of California, Berkeley, as part of a collaborative program between the University of Tokyo and UC Berkeley. Motivated by the particular relevance and importance of social-scientific approaches to various crucial aspects of nuclear technology, special emphasis was placed on integrating nuclear science and engineering with social science. The book consists of the lectures given in 2011 summer school and additional chapters that cover developments in the past three years since the accident. It provides an arena for discussions to find and create a renewed platform for engineering practices, and thus nuclear engineering education, which are essential in the post-Fukushima era for nurturing nuclear engineers who need to be both technically competent and trusted in society. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Fukushima David Lochbaum, Edwin Lyman, Susan Q. Stranahan, The Union of Concerned Scientists, 2015-02-10 “A gripping, suspenseful page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews) with a “fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller” (International Business Times), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. Four years have passed since the day the world watched in horror as an earthquake large enough to shift the Earth's axis by several inches sent a massive tsunami toward the Japanese coast and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing the reactors' safety systems to fail and explosions to reduce concrete and steel buildings to rubble. Even as the consequences of the 2011 disaster continue to exact their terrible price on the people of Japan and on the world, Fukushima addresses the grim questions at the heart of the nuclear debate: could a similar catastrophe happen again, and—most important of all—how can such a crisis be averted? |
| idaho nuclear accident: The Criticality Accident in Sarov International Atomic Energy Agency, 2001 On 17 June 1997 a physicist working as a senior technician at the Nuclear Centre, Sarov, in the Russian Federation, was severely exposed as a result of a criticality accident with an assembly of highly enriched uranium. The exposure, which caused a high neutron radiation dose, led to death within three days despite prompt medical attention. This is the first report that the IAEA has published on a criticality accident. It is based on the information provided by the Russian authorities and addresses the circumstances leading to the accident as well as the medical management of the patient. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters Serhii Plokhy, 2022-05-17 A chilling account of more than half a century of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the “definitive” (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Almost 145,000 Americans fled their homes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in late March 1979, hoping to save themselves from an invisible enemy: radiation. The reactor at the nearby Three Mile Island nuclear power plant had gone into partial meltdown, and scientists feared an explosion that could spread radiation throughout the eastern United States. Thankfully, the explosion never took place—but the accident left deep scars in the American psyche, all but ending the nation’s love affair with nuclear power. In Atoms and Ashes, Serhii Plokhy recounts the dramatic history of Three Mile Island and five more accidents that that have dogged the nuclear industry in its military and civil incarnations: the disastrous fallout caused by the testing of the hydrogen bomb in the Bikini Atoll in 1954; the Kyshtym nuclear disaster in the USSR, which polluted a good part of the Urals; the Windscale fire, the worst nuclear accident in the UK’s history; back to the USSR with Chernobyl, the result of a flawed reactor design leading to the exodus of 350,000 people; and, most recently, Fukushima in Japan, triggered by an earthquake and a tsunami, a disaster on a par with Chernobyl and whose clean-up will not take place in our lifetime. Through the stories of these six terrifying incidents, Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power, both for military and peaceful purposes, while offering a vivid account of how individuals and governments make decisions under extraordinary circumstances. Today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of global electricity. Yet as the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change, the question arises: Just how safe is nuclear energy? |
| idaho nuclear accident: Why Nuclear Power Has Been a Flop Jack Devanney, 2022-08-18 This book focuses on the Gordian knot of our time, the closely coupled problems of electricity poverty for billions of humans, and global warming for all humans. The central thesis of the book is that nuclear power is not only the only solution, it is a highly desirable solution, cheaper, safer, less intrusive on nature than all the alternatives. Just about everybody, including most pro-nuclear folks, accept the fact that nuclear electricity is inherently expensive. Nuclear power is not inherently expensive. It is inherently cheap. This book argues that conventional nuclear power should cost less than three cents per kilowatt hour. But nuclear power is expensive, prohibitively so in most parts of the planet. The reason why nuclear power is so expensive is a regulatory regime in which the regulator is mandated to increase costs to the point where nuclear power is at best barely economic. The operative buzzword is ALARA, As Low As Reasonably Achievable. In such a system, any technological improvement which should lower cost simply provides regulators with more room to drive costs up. This same regime does an excellent job of stifling competition and technological progress by erecting layers of barriers to entry. The goal is not just to make nuclear electricity as cheap as coal or gas fired electricity. The goal must be to keep pushing the cost of nuclear power down and down, allowing us to replace fossil fuels almost everywhere. Imagine what we could do with 2 cents per kWh power in electrifying transportation and producing carbon neutral synfuels. This can only be done in a harshly competitive environment. We must force the providers of nuclear power to compete with everybody. If nuclear power is to be allowed to cleave the Gordian knot of electricity poverty and global warming, then we must completely change the way we regulate nuclear electricity. This book makes the case for this change and outlines what the replacement system needs to look like. ~ |
| idaho nuclear accident: Fuel Modelling in Accident Conditions International Atomic Energy Agency, 2020-02-29 This publication summarizes the findings and conclusions of an IAEA coordinated research project (CRP) on fuel modelling in accident conditions, which was initiated under the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety following the Fukushima accident. The overall aim of the project was to analyse and better understand fuel behavior in accident conditions, with a focus on loss of coolant accidents. In the course of the project the participants used a mixture of data derived from accident simulation experiments, in particular data designed to investigate the fuel behaviour during design basis accident and design extension conditions. They carried out calculations on priority cases selected from a matrix of cases identified at the first research coordination meeting and designed to support their individual priorities. These priority cases were chosen as the best available to help determine which of the many models used in the codes best reflect reality. The CRP provided an ideal platform to compare their code results with others and especially with experimental data, to which they otherwise would not have had access. The achievements made within this CRP fostered new collaborations and enhanced the development and improvement of common models and highlighted differences in the interpretation of some experiments and therefore in the use of the codes ? the so-called user effects. |
| idaho nuclear accident: NUREG/CR. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1978 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Marine Radioactivity , 2004-09-17 This book on Marine Radioactivity sets out to cover most of the aspects of marine radioactivity which have been the focus of scientific study in recent decades. The authors and their reviews divide into topic areas which have defined the field over its history. They cover the suite of natural radioisotopes which have been present in the oceans since their formation and quantitatively dominate the inventory of radioactivity in the oceans. Also addressed are the suite of artificial radionuclides introduced to the oceans as a consequence of the use of the atom for development of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons and various applications of nuclear science. The major source of these continues to derive from the global fallout of atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons in the 1950s and 1960s but also includes both planned and accidental releases of radioactivity from both civilian and military nuclear technology. The other division of the major study direction depends on whether the objective is to use the radionuclides as powerful tools to study oceanic processes, to describe and understand the ocean distribution of the various natural or artificial radionuclides or to assess the different radionuclides' impact on and pathways to man or marine organisms. The oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface and thus contains a corresponding large share of the Earth's radioactivity. Marine Radioactivity covers topics of recent scientific study in this young field. It examines both natural radioactivity (radioactivity naturally present in oceans since their formation) and artificial radioactivity (radioactivity introduced by man and use of atomic and nuclear energy) with regard to possible effects on the global environment. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Annual Report to Congress of the Atomic Energy Commission U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1963 |
| idaho nuclear accident: The Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors (light Water-cooled) and Related Facilities U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1973 |
| idaho nuclear accident: The Nuclear Energy Option Bernard Leonard Cohen, 1990-08-21 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Three Mile Island and Beyond Harold R. Denton, Chuck Metz, 2021 |
| idaho nuclear accident: SL-1 Annual Operating Report , 1961 The Stationary Low Power Reactor No. 1 (SL-1) was a boiling water reactor demonstration plant for the remote military bases. The plant had been operated by Combustion Engineering, Inc. from February, 1959 until January 3, 1961 at which time a nuclear excursion rendered the plant inoperable. This report summarizes the operations of maintenance, test, health and safety, and administrative activities for the year February, 1960 until the incident. This report is written in compliance with U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(10-1)-967. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Sweep Out the Ashes Mary Clearman Blew, 2019-09-01 Diana Karnov came to Versailles to uncover secrets. Teaching college history in remote northern Montana offers the opportunity to put distance between herself and her overbearing great-aunts and to uncover information about her parents, especially the father she can’t even remember. At first overwhelmed by the brutal winter, Diana throws herself into exploring mysteries her aunts refuse to explain. Eventually, she befriends several locals, including a student, Cheryl Le Tellier, and her brother, Jake. As Diana’s relationship with Jake deepens, he discusses his Métis heritage and culture, exposing the enormous gaps in her historical knowledge. Astounded, Diana begins to understand that American narratives, what she learns about her father, and the capacity for women to work and learn is not as set and certain as she was taught. Mary Clearman Blew deftly balances these 1970s pressure points with multifaceted characters and a layered romance to deliver an instant Western classic. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Nuclear fuel behaviour in loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) conditions , 2009 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Rickover and the Nuclear Navy Francis Duncan, 1990 No book will ever come closer than this to providing an inside overview of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover's nuclear propulsion program. The author, an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) historian assigned to the admiral's office, spent years observing the project and its controversial leader in action, and the insights he provides here reflect both his familiarity with the subject and his ability to remain an objective observer. From 1974 to the day Rickover retired in 1982, Francis Duncan had free access to files, documents, and personnel at every level of involvement--a rare, never-to-be-repeated opportunity that most historians dream of but few get. And, as this book clearly shows, he took full advantage of the situation to gain a unique understanding of exactly how the program operated. The result is a thorough, balanced record of what may well be the U.S. Navy's and the nation's most important and far-reaching project of the twentieth century. Knowing that facts and figures alone don't tell the entire story, Duncan talked to scores of people who dealt with day-to-day operations, watched men in prototype training and then accompanied them to sea, visited civilian and naval installations, and had close contact with Rickover himself. He also interviewed former U.S. presidents, secretaries of the navy, chiefs of naval operations, AEC chairmen, and legislative leaders who kept tabs on the projects but were removed from daily activities. Never once, the author says, did the admiral attempt to interfere with his research, nor did Rickover read the manuscript. While the focus here is on the nuclear program, not the man, this book does provide fascinating insights into Rickover's personality and his efforts to maintain standards of excellence that would assure the program's safety and its ultimate success. Using one of the admiral's favorite terms, the discipline of technology, to demonstrate the method of technological application advocated by Rickover, Duncan effectively balances technical detail with astute analysis and even drama. Filled with information not found elsewhere, his study is a valuable chronicle of the development of submarine propulsion reactors, the loss of the Thresher, the struggle over the application of nuclear propulsion to surface fleet, and the use of the Shippingport Atomic Power Plant to illustrate the feasibility of a light-water breeder reactor. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Three Mile Island U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Special Inquiry Group, 1980 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Nuclear Incident at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant on October 16, 1959 William L. Ginkel, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1960 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Nuclear Incident at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant on January 25, 1961 R. C. Paulus, Aubrey O. Dodd, K. K. Kennedy, Fred H. Tingey, F. M. Warzel, 1961 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Operating Experience from Events Reported to the IAEA Incident Reporting System for Research Reactors International Atomic Energy Agency, 2015 This publication provides the operating experience feedback from the events reported to the IAEA's incident reporting system for research reactors since its launch in 1997. The publication has a focus on the root causes, lessons learned, and corrective actions taken to prevent occurrence of similar events. It also analyses the key lessons learned from the recent events in nuclear power plants that are relevant to research reactors. Reference to other publications that cover research reactor events as well as a description of an operating experience programme is included. The publication is intended to be used by research reactor operators, regulators, and designers. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering John R. Lamarsh, Anthony John Baratta, 2011-03-04 The text is designed for junior and senior level Nuclear Engineering students. The third edition of this highly respected text offers the most current and complete introduction to nuclear engineering available. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering has been thoroughly updated with new information on French, Russian, and Japanese nuclear reactors. All units have been revised to reflect current standards. In addition to the numerous end-of-chapter problems, computer exercises have been added. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Wild Hearts Joan J Bell, 2020-08 The words flow in and out from haunting to beautiful and at times, molding into both simultaneously. The emotions are deep and raw and the words connect to the core through their vivid descriptions and strikingly visual metaphors. - David LeidyWild Hearts is the newest release in Bell's poetry repertoire and is leaving fans breathless with her anthem for freedom and love of oneself. WIld Hearts offers its readers liberty from depression, anxiety and fear and leaves them with all the tools necessary to unlock the wild within themselves and become the person they have always wanted to be. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Radiological Characterization of Shut Down Nuclear Reactors for Decommissioning Purposes International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998 This report describes and assesses radiological characterization as a precursor to decommissioning. It shows the influence of the radioactive inventory on the planning and strategies of decommissioning and also presents an extensive overview of characterization results on various reactors which have been or are being decommissioned. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Design Safety Considerations for Water Cooled Small Modular Reactors Incorporating Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident International Atomic Energy Agency, 2016 This publication presents technology developers and users with common considerations, approaches and measures for enhancing the defence in depth and operability of water cooled small modular reactor (SMR) design concepts to cope with extreme natural hazards. Indicative requirements to prevent an accident such as the Fukushima Daiichi accident from recurring are also provided for States planning to adopt water cooled SMR designs and technologies. This publication was produced within the framework of the IAEA Action Plan on effectively utilizing research and development. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Legal and Institutional Issues of Transportable Nuclear Power Plants International Atomic Energy Agency, 2013 A transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) is a factory-manufactured, movable nuclear power plant, which when fuelled is capable of producing final energy products such as electricity and heat. Transportable nuclear power plants are not designed to operate during transportation. This publication highlights the potential benefits of TNPPs, describes the legal and institutional issues for their deployment in countries other than the country of origin, reveals challenges that might be faced in their deployment, and outlines pathways for resolution of the identified issues and challenges in the short and long terms. It is addressed to senior legal, regulatory and technical officers in Member States planning to embark on a nuclear power programme or to expand an existing one by considering the introduction of a TNPP. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Wilderness to Wasteland David T. Hanson, 2016 For thirty years, David T. Hanson has made photographs that are widely celebrated for their powerful depictions of the American landscape and how it has been transformed and despoiled by our industrial and military culture.... Wilderness to Wasteland presents four series of previously unpublished and unexhibited photographs from Hanson's early work--Book jacket. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Nuclear Power Reactor Safety Elmer Eugene Lewis, 1977 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Operational Accidents and Radiation Exposure Experience Within the United States Atomic Energy Commission U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Operational Safety, 1969 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Atomic Accidents James Maheffey, 2021-08-31 From the moment radiation was discovered in the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative scientific exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and downright disasters. Mahaffey, a long-time advocate of continued nuclear research and nuclear energy, looks at each incident in turn and analyzes what happened and why, often discovering where scientists went wrong when analyzing past meltdowns.Every incident has lead to new facets in understanding about the mighty atom—and Mahaffey puts forth what the future should be for this final frontier of science that still holds so much promise. |
| idaho nuclear accident: Operational Accidents and Radiation Exposure Experience U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1943 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Operational Accidents and Radiation Exposure Experience Within the United States Atomic Energy Commission [1943-1970]. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Operational Safety, 1971 |
| idaho nuclear accident: Nuclear Power Reactor Instrumentation Systems Handbook Joseph M. Harrer, 1973 |
SL-1 - Wikipedia
Stationary 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 in the western United …
America's only fatal reactor accident happened in Idaho 61 years …
Feb 9, 2022 · The men who died in the explosion were buried in lead-lined caskets. Today, the SL-1 explosion is remembered as the only fatal nuclear reactor accident in U.S. history.
Idaho Falls: The First Nuclear Meltdown in America’s History
It was January 3rd, 1961, when the remote tranquillity of an isolated U.S. Army nuclear research facility near Idaho Falls was shattered by a cataclysmic event – an event that would challenge …
The SL-1 Nuclear Incident - Стэнфордский университет
In the heart of winter 1961, in a remote area of the desert forty miles west of Idaho Falls, an Army- commissioned nuclear project went horribly wrong when the three on-duty operators were …
Supercritical: SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion - NASA
Sep 1, 2007 · The Accident • In January of 1961, the SL-1 nuclear reactor exploded near Idaho Falls, Idaho, killing three engineering technicians on duty. • While performing a basic …
History Short: The Only Immediately Fatal US Nuclear Reactor …
On January 3, 1961, a steam explosion occurred at the SL-1 US Army experimental nuclear reactor located outside Idaho Falls, Idaho, leaving three technicians dead, the only US fatal …
Benchmarks: January 3, 1961: Three men die in nuclear reactor …
Jan 5, 2012 · The disaster occurred one frigid night in 1961, on a remote patch of desert about 65 kilometers east of Idaho Falls at what is now known as Idaho National Laboratory. The reactor, …
Going Nuclear in Idaho Falls - HistoryNet
Mar 21, 2018 · The explosion at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Jan. 3, 1961, remains the only fatal reactor accident in American history. Within days of the …
Idaho history includes nuclear energy breakthroughs, fatal accident ...
Jul 13, 2023 · Idaho scientists made history again in 1955 when they lit the entire town of Arco using nuclear energy. The short-lived event lasted for just an hour in the dead of night, but …
The Truth about the SL-1 Accident Understanding the …
On the night of January 3, 1961, the SL-1 nuclear reactor, a prototype for a military installation to be used in remote Arctic locations, exploded, killing the three-member military crew.
SL-1 - Wikipedia
Stationary 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 in the western United …
America's only fatal reactor accident happened in Idaho 61 years …
Feb 9, 2022 · The men who died in the explosion were buried in lead-lined caskets. Today, the SL-1 explosion is remembered as the only fatal nuclear reactor accident in U.S. history.
Idaho Falls: The First Nuclear Meltdown in America’s History
It was January 3rd, 1961, when the remote tranquillity of an isolated U.S. Army nuclear research facility near Idaho Falls was shattered by a cataclysmic event – an event that would challenge …
The SL-1 Nuclear Incident - Стэнфордский университет
In the heart of winter 1961, in a remote area of the desert forty miles west of Idaho Falls, an Army- commissioned nuclear project went horribly wrong when the three on-duty operators were …
Supercritical: SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion - NASA
Sep 1, 2007 · The Accident • In January of 1961, the SL-1 nuclear reactor exploded near Idaho Falls, Idaho, killing three engineering technicians on duty. • While performing a basic …
History Short: The Only Immediately Fatal US Nuclear Reactor …
On January 3, 1961, a steam explosion occurred at the SL-1 US Army experimental nuclear reactor located outside Idaho Falls, Idaho, leaving three technicians dead, the only US fatal …
Benchmarks: January 3, 1961: Three men die in nuclear reactor …
Jan 5, 2012 · The disaster occurred one frigid night in 1961, on a remote patch of desert about 65 kilometers east of Idaho Falls at what is now known as Idaho National Laboratory. The reactor, …
Going Nuclear in Idaho Falls - HistoryNet
Mar 21, 2018 · The explosion at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Jan. 3, 1961, remains the only fatal reactor accident in American history. Within days of the …
Idaho history includes nuclear energy breakthroughs, fatal accident ...
Jul 13, 2023 · Idaho scientists made history again in 1955 when they lit the entire town of Arco using nuclear energy. The short-lived event lasted for just an hour in the dead of night, but …
The Truth about the SL-1 Accident Understanding the …
On the night of January 3, 1961, the SL-1 nuclear reactor, a prototype for a military installation to be used in remote Arctic locations, exploded, killing the three-member military crew.
