The Birth of Nuclear-Generated Electricity

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:6314437

D J Claflin, POC

The Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I), built in Idaho in 1949, generated the first usable electricity from nuclear power on December 20, 1951. More importantly, the reactor was used to prove that it was possible to create more nuclear fuel in the reactor than it consumed during operation -- fuel breeding. The EBR-I facility is now a National Historic Landmark open to the public.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-94ID13223
• OSTI ID: 6314437
• Report Number(s): INEEL/EXT-99-01012; ON: DE00012143
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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