Earlier Projects
Much of current knowledge about how nuclear reactors behave and misbehave was discovered at what is now Idaho National Laboratory. John Grossenbacher, current INL director, said, "The history of nuclear energy for peaceful application has principally been written in Idaho."
More than 50 reactors have been built at what is commonly called “the Site,” including the ones that gave the world its first usable amount of electricity produced from nuclear power and the power plant for the world’s first nuclear submarine. Although many are now decommissioned, these facilities represent the largest concentration of reactors in the world.
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Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 in Idaho, the first reactor to provide electricity for public use.
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