This film presents some major aspects of the fabrication, installation and operation of a new core (Mark III) for the Experimental Breeder Reactor I.
The Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) was the first liquid metal cooled fast reactor and it was the first reactor built on the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) in Idaho. It was fueled with uranium metal pins. The reactor was designed, built, and operated by Argonne National Laboratory.
EBR-I's primary mission was to develop and test the concept of a nuclear breeder reactor. The idea behind the breeder was to maximize the useful energy that can be obtained in natural uranium.
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