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	IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY
		The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), an 890-square-mile section of desert in southeast Idaho, was established in 1949 as the National Reactor Testing Station.
		During the 1970s, the name of the Site was changed from the National Reactor Testing Station to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to reflect its broadened mission into areas like biotechnology, energy and materials research, and conservation and renewable energy.
		Initially, the missions at the INL were the development of civilian and defense nuclear reactor technologies and management of spent nuclear fuel.
	www.id.doe.gov /InsideNEID/BriefHistory.htm

	Encyclopedia: Idaho National Laboratory
		It was established in 1949 as the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) and subsequently renamed to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) in the 1970s.
		Work at INEEL has included initial development of nuclear reactor designs, testing experimental reactor designs, developing prototype reactors for ships in the US Navy, and developing technologies to manage nuclear waste.
		The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) is an 890 square mile (2,300 km²) complex located in the Idaho desert between the towns of Arco and Idaho Falls.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Idaho-National-Laboratory

	The SL-1 Accident [Ztuff]
		The U.S. Army operated a small reactor out in the Idaho desert (at the National Reactor Testing Station) that was intended to be used for powering remote radar stations to be used in the early warning system.
		Yesterday, while watching the History channel, they had a 15 minute segment on the Stationary Low Power Reactor No. 1 (SL-1) disaster in 1961.
		The complete back end of a submarine in a giant tank so that they could do operational testing of the natural circulation system as the boat was rolled from one side to the other.
	homie.dijas.com /blog/archives/000007.html

	The SL-1 Accident [Ztuff]
		The U.S. Army operated a small reactor out in the Idaho desert (at the National Reactor Testing Station) that was intended to be used for powering remote radar stations to be used in the early warning system.
		None of this is stopping INEEL from doing new research and development on Generation IV reactors as the DOE puts it.
		The complete back end of a submarine in a giant tank so that they could do operational testing of the natural circulation system as the boat was rolled from one side to the other.
	homie.dijas.com /blog/2003/01/03/the-sl1-accident.html (704 words)

	January 03, 2003 [Ztuff]
		The U.S. Army operated a small reactor out in the Idaho desert (at the National Reactor Testing Station) that was intended to be used for powering remote radar stations to be used in the early warning system.
		None of this is stopping INEEL from doing new research and development on Generation IV reactors as the DOE puts it.
		The complete back end of a submarine in a giant tank so that they could do operational testing of the natural circulation system as the boat was rolled from one side to the other.
	homie.dijas.com /blog/2003/01/03 (485 words)

	ANL-W History - Reactors (EBR-I)
		ANL-W History - Reactors (EBR-I) Exterior picture of EBR-I. The Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) was the first reactor built on the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS), now called Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).
		Experiments conducted over the next year provided valuable data on breeding in a plutonium fueled reactor and helped scientists in their understanding of plutonium behavior in an operating reactor.
		EBR-I ushered in a new era in nuclear history when it became the first reactor to generate useable amounts of electricity from nuclear energy.
	www.anlw.anl.gov /anlw_history/reactors/ebr_i.html (485 words)

	SL-1 Accident - Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
		At 9:01pm, alarms sounded at the fire stations and security headquarters of the U.S. National Reactor Testing Station where the reactor was located.
		A small, 3MW experimental BWR called SL-1 (Stationary Low-Power Plant No. 1) in Idaho was destroyed on January 3, 1961, when a control rod was removed manually.
		Richard McKinley was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
	www.radiationworks.com /sl1reactor.htm (485 words)

	RRT: Pg146
		After the "National Reactor Testing Station" (NRTS) was begun in the desert to the north, a flurry of excitement caused local boosters to extol the virtues and growth possibilities of the town and to rename it Atomic City, but its remote location and lack of amenities caused the boom to bust.
		NRF (Naval Reactor Facility), Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.
		It is also a land of acronyms (cFA, RWMC, TAN, SPERT, NRF, and etc.) The "Site" first generated electricity with nuclear reactors in 1951.
	imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/geog/rrt/part6/chp20/146.htm (380 words)

	ANL-W History
		On February 18, 1949 a site in Idaho was approved for what became known as the National Reactor Testing Station(NRTS), now known as the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory(INEEL).
		Argonne National Laboratory-West (ANL-W) was started after Walter Zinn's proposal that the AEC establish a national reactor proving ground in 1948.
		Argonne is operated by the University of Chicago as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratory system.
	www.anlw.anl.gov /anlw_history/main.html (124 words)

	S1W reactor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The S1W propulsion plant was built at the National Reactor Testing Station near Arco, Idaho.
		The S1W nuclear reactor was a Westinghouse Electric Corporation-built naval reactor.
		Under the leadership of Hyman Rickover, Naval Reactors followed a concurrent design strategy, overseeing the design and construction of the S1W reactor ahead of the design and construction of the Nautilus, enabling problems to be identified and resolved in the shipboard plant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/S1W_reactor (333 words)

	List of nuclear accidents
		At the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the experimental SL-1 reactor had a criticality accident with a steam explosion and a severe dispersal of radioactive material, killing three workers at the installation.
		Reactor core temperatures reach 800 °C, nearly enough to melt the fuel rods, although the crew is able to regain temperature control by using emergency procedures.
		Technicians mistakenly overheated the reactor pile because poorly placed temperature sensors indicated the reactor was cooling rather than heating, leading to failure of a nuclear cartridge, which allowed uranium and irradiated graphite to react with air.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-nuclear-accidents.htm (11615 words)

	Partial Fuel Meltdown Events
		Intentional tests to characterize fuel melting events were conducted using the BORAX, SPERT, and TREAT reactors at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho during the 1950's and 1960's.
		Lucens was a small (30 MWt) reactor that used carbon dioxide gas for cooling and heavy water as a moderator.
		The reactor was subsequently dismantled and extensive investigations conducted.
	www.nucleartourist.com /events/part-melt.htm (612 words)

	DOE 25 Years: 1998 Highlights
		The Enterprise& eight A2W nuclear reactors were developed by Bettis Laboratory, with the prototype A1W reactor constructed at Idaho’s National Reactor Testing Station.
		The Office of Naval Reactors is an integrated organization of DOE and the Department of Navy.
		Office of Naval Reactors, integrated program of DOE and Department of Navy, celebrates 50th birthday •
	www.25yearsofenergy.gov /highlights_98.html (327 words)

	DOE 25 Years: 1998 Highlights
		The Enterprise& eight A2W nuclear reactors were developed by Bettis Laboratory, with the prototype A1W reactor constructed at Idaho’s National Reactor Testing Station.
		The Office of Naval Reactors is an integrated organization of DOE and the Department of Navy.
		Office of Naval Reactors, integrated program of DOE and Department of Navy, celebrates 50th birthday •
	www.25yearsofenergy.gov /highlights_98.html (327 words)

	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia 1961 -
		January 3 - An atomic reactor exploded at National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls[?], Idaho, killing 3 military technicians.
		January 7 - Following a four-day conference conference in Casablanca, five African chiefs of state announced plans for a NATO-type African organization to insure common defense.
		January 3 - President Dwight Eisenhower announced that the United States had severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/19/1961 (327 words)

	Sustainable Energy - WWW Links
		Sandia National Laboratories Photovoltaics Program is a non-profit, government organization with the goal of ensuring that photovoltaic systems perform to their potential by conducting photovoltaic research and testing.
		The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility deals in all aspects of nuclear issues that have a Canadian bearing, including uranium mining, health effects, reactor safety, alternative energy policies, weapons proliferation, plutonium MOX fuel, reprocessing, decommissioning, and HLW management.
		Generation Solar is an advanced renewable energy company that can supply products and consultation services for residential, commercial, agricultural or home installation of solar, wind, hydroelectric and other types of systems.
	www.newenergy.org /links.html (327 words)

	Sustainable Energy - WWW Links
		Sandia National Laboratories Photovoltaics Program is a non-profit, government organization with the goal of ensuring that photovoltaic systems perform to their potential by conducting photovoltaic research and testing.
		The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility deals in all aspects of nuclear issues that have a Canadian bearing, including uranium mining, health effects, reactor safety, alternative energy policies, weapons proliferation, plutonium MOX fuel, reprocessing, decommissioning, and HLW management.
		International Centre for Hydropower is an international association of organizations involved in hydropower, based in Norway
	www.newenergy.org /links.html (327 words)

	Idaho National Laboratory - Nuclear Energy - INL’s 52 Reactors
		After the first reactor at the National Reactor Testing Station (Experimental Breeder Reactor-I) went critical in 1951, scientists built and operated dozens more reactors in the next five decades.
		Spherical Cavity Reactor Critical Experiment (11/72 - 1973)
		Cavity Reactor Critical Experiment (5/67 - early 1970s)
	nuclear.inel.gov /52reactors.shtml (533 words)

	YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT - Tunnel #3 - ACCIDENTS
		A reactor explosion (attributed by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission source to sabotage) at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, killed one navy technician and two army technicians, and released radioactivity "largely confined" (words of John A. McCone, Director of the Atomic Energy Commission) to the reactor building.
		One man was killed and another three were seriously burned in the explosion and fire of a prototype reactor for the USS Triton at the Navy's training center in West Milton, New York.
		Between 1944 and 1966, the eight reactors, a source of plutonium production for atomic weapons, discharged billions of gallons of liquids and billions of cubic meters of gases containing plutonium and other radioactive contaminants into the Columbia River, and the soil and air of the Columbia Basin.
	www.angelfire.com /nv2/yucca/accidents.html (533 words)

	Idaho Falls, City of Destiny
		Influence of Liquid Waste Disposal on the Geochemistry of Water at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, 1952-70, J. Robertson, Robert Schoen, J. Barraclough.
		The stationary Gas Cooled Reactor Experiment was the initial stage in developing nuclear power plants that could be moved without disassembly.
		The ANP project was commissioned to develop a nuclear reactor aircraft engine capable of powering an airplane for extremely long periods.
	www.museumofidaho.org /LocalItems/chap20.html (533 words)

	EBR-I - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation EBR-I
		Part of the National Reactor Testing Station (now known as INEEL), EBR-I's construction started in late 1949.
		The reactor itself was designed by a team led by Walter Zinn at the Argonne National Laboratory.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/EBR-I.html (533 words)

	AllRefer.com - Idaho Falls, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Nearby Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, a national reactor testing station, is also a principal source of employment.
		Building materials, food products, leather goods, and electronic equipment are manufactured, and tourism is important (the city lies near several national parks and major recreational areas).
		The chief city of the extensively irrigated upper Snake valley, Idaho Falls is the prosperous commercial and processing center of a cattle, dairy, and farm region that produces potatoes, wheat, sugar beets, and alfalfa.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/IdahoFal.html (533 words)

	ANS : Honors and Awards : Scholarships : Joseph R. Dietrich
		During 1953-54, Dietrich took part in the first large-scale reactor safety experiments at the National Reactor Testing Station.
		Dietrich was internationally known for a pioneering career in nuclear power reactor development that spanned more than thirty years.
		Joseph R. Dietrich, ANS Fellow, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) on November 4, 1982 at the age of 68.
	www.ans.org /honors/scholarships/dietrich.html (357 words)

	Hawkbill Base USSVI
		The museum will commemorate the history of the National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory's Reactor Testing Station, the largest concentration of nuclear reactors in the world.
		Arco is the nearest city to the station.
		The sail was cut into three pieces and loaded onto three trucks for delivery to Arco where it was welcomed with a ceremony and a parade.
	www.geocities.com /rrowe50/ussvi/hawkbill.html (357 words)

	SUNY Maritime Alumni Association
		The beginning of 1957 saw him embarking, as one of the first officers in the Navy, on a new phase of his career in Surface Nuclear Power, reporting to the Nuclear Power School at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho.
		Admiral Miller's tour of duty in the Reactor Department aboard ENTERPRISE continued until February 1964 when he became the Executive Officer of the Atlantic Fleet destroyer USS WALLACE L. Upon departing LIND in July 1965, he attended the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
		Prior to reporting to his third nuclear surface ship tour with the pre-commissioning crew as Commanding Officer of USS CALIFORNIA (CGN 36), Admiral Miller served as Commanding Officer of USS VOGE (DE 1047) from 1969 to 1971.
	www.sunymaritimealumni.org /HallOfFame/Resume_HossMiller.cfm (357 words)

	The Idaho Academy of Science
		The tremendous scientific establishment of the National Reactor Testing Station or "NRTS" (later named the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory or "INEEL") was built in the Upper Snake River desert.
		The meeting was temporarily chaired by William H. Baker of the University of Idaho, who explained the purpose of the meeting and asked for an expression of the intention of the body.
		Academies of Science were well-established and flourishing in many states by the middle of the 20th century, but Idaho, with its scattered pockets of population and its exhausting distances had not yet organized such an Academy.
	www.isu.edu /ias/detailedhistory.shtml (357 words)

	SL-1 Accident - Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
		At 9:01pm, alarms sounded at the fire stations and security headquarters of the U.S. National Reactor Testing Station where the reactor was located.
		A small, 3MW experimental BWR called SL-1 (Stationary Low-Power Plant No. 1) in Idaho was destroyed on January 3, 1961, when a control rod was removed manually.
	www.radiationworks.com /sl1reactor.htm (665 words)

	humanfactors.html
		Furthermore, it would not be spurious to state that the causes of these accidents are reminiscent of the causes of another past nuclear power plant accident -- the accident on January 1961 at the SL1 (Stationary Low PowerReactor No. 1), located at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
		According to the IAEA's Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident (1986), one of the main contributing factors to the Chernobyl accident was the potential misunderstanding of the physics characteristics of the reactor by the operators.
		Chernobyl demonstrated, for the first time, that the effects of any such nuclear accident would not be localized, but rather would spill over into neighboring countries and have global consequences.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~meshkati/humanfactors.html (8295 words)

	MudLake.Com -New Page
		Additonal land was added to the National Reactor Testing Station with its mission being expanded to develop nuclear reactors for submatines and even a nuclear jet propulsion aircraft.
		A nuclear jet engine was developed, but the plane that would be big enough to overcome the sheilding and weight issues with a nuclear reactor would require a runway of twenty miles and a huge hanger to store the plane in (which was built).
		The nuclear aircraft propulsion program was cancelled in the early 1960's.
	www.mudlake.com /INEELHistory.htm (8295 words)

	Idaho National Laboratory - Nuclear Energy - INL’s 52 Reactors
		INL designed and constructed 52 reactors since its establishment in 1949 as the National Reactor Testing Station.
		Idaho National Laboratory - Nuclear Energy - INL’s 52 Reactors
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	nuclear.inel.gov /52reactors.shtml (8295 words)

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