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EBR-1 (Experimental Breeder Reactor I) nuclear reactor museum

Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) is a decommissioned Idaho National Laboratory research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located near Arco, Idaho. It was the world's first breeder reactor. In 1951 it became the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plant when it produced sufficient electricity to illuminate four 200-watt light bulbs. EBR-I subsequently generated sufficient electricity to power its building, and continued to be used for experimental purposes until it was decommissioned in 1964. The reactor was designed and constructed by a team led by Walter Zinn at the Argonne National Laboratory Idaho site. The design purpose of EBR-I was to validate nuclear physics theory that suggested that a breeder reactor should be possible. In 1953, experiments revealed the reactor was producing additional fuel during fission, thus confirming the hypothesis. On November 29, 1955, the reactor at EBR-I suffered a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test. The EBR-1 site is a few miles away from the SL-1 site (Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One), which unfortunately suffered a meltdown and steam explosion which killed all three of its young military operators in 1961.