Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, also known as SL-1, initially the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR), was a United States Army experimental nuclear reactor in the western United States at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) in Idaho about forty miles (65 km) west of Idaho Falls, now the Idaho National Laboratory.

On the night of January 3, 1961, the SL-1 nuclear reactor, a prototype for a military installation to be used in remote Arctic locations, exploded, killing the three member military

Sep 27, 2022 · The Army’s SL-1 (Stationary, Low-power 1) in Idaho was part of the Army Package Power Program, previously called the Argonne Low Power Reactor, ALPR. It was designed to be built on the tundra above the DEW line to power radar stations.

Feb 9, 2022 · SL-1, an experimental boiling water reactor designed to conduct research for the U.S. Army, was one of several reactors on the National Reactor Testing Station, the forerunner to the Idaho...

The Stationary Low-Power Plant Number 1 (SL-1) was a 3-megawatt experimental reactor designed for the U.S. Army to use in remote locations. The prototype was located at the National Reactor Testing Station, now known as Idaho National Laboratory, in the desert some 40 miles west of Idaho Falls, Idaho. the reactor for restart. All three men died,

Apr 2, 2021 · The SL-1 reactor was the Army’s first design of a “stationary, low-power” nuclear reactor. The prototype of this reactor was built at a government facility in the desert of southern Idaho, not far from the Navy’s prototype submarine and carrier reactors, the Air Force’s nuclear airplane project, and a few other military or military ...

The SL-1 Reactor Accident site today. The world's first fatal atomic accident occurred on January 3, 1961 when a small, 3MW experimental BWR called SL-1 (Stationary Low-Power Plant No. 1) in Idaho was destroyed after a control rod was removed manually. At 9:01pm, alarms sounded at the fire stations and security headquarters of the U.S. National ...

In the heart of winter 1961, in a remote area of the desert forty miles west of Idaho Falls, an Army- commissioned nuclear project went horribly wrong when the three on-duty operators were killed by a sudden steam explosion and subsequent reactor meltdown.

Jan 5, 2012 · The disaster occurred one frigid night in 1961, on a remote patch of desert about 65 kilometers east of Idaho Falls at what is now known as Idaho National Laboratory. The reactor, called SL-1, was part of a prototype nuclear plant designed for the military.

The SL-1 reactor, originally named Argonne Low Power Reactor, ALPR, was designed for the USA Army as a prototype of a low-power, 300 kWe boilingwater - reactor plant to be used in geographically remote locations.