Talk:Experimental Breeder Reactor I
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The U.S. experience with "fast breeder" reactors argues against restarting the Fast Flux Test Facility. In November 1955, the first U.S. "power reactor" ever to produce electricity, the EBR-1, (experimental breeder reactor) melted down during testing. Rather than scramming the reactor, the operator mistakenly hit the button for slow shut down, and in the few seconds it took to press the correct button, approximately half of the reactor core melted down. The public was not made aware of this meltdown until Lewis Strauss, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the man who claimed nuclear power would be "too cheap to meter," was confronted by the Wall Street Journal and had to admit his ignorance of the accident.
- Cut the from the page and redirected. Mark Richards 00:08, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Note: I do not believe it is appropriate to merge this with EBR II. The two were in different locations, run by different organizations, and ran for different periods. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 18:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with not merging. Calling twe two unrelated however is the other extreme. I propose to delete "unrelated" as you make enough distance, so to speak, with just stating:
"There is also a separate facility called Experimental Breeder Reactor II."
