Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) is a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Arco, Idaho. It was the world's first breeder reactor. [3]

2025年3月17日 · On December 20, 1951, EBR-I became the first power plant to produce electricity using atomic energy. EBR-I was the first reactor built in Idaho at the National Reactor Testing Station (forerunner to today’s INL)

2019年6月18日 · Here are 9 notable facts about Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I), the power plant that pioneered nuclear development: 1. EBR-I was a liquid metal-cooled fast reactor designed to demonstrate that it could create more fuel than it consumed.

EBR-I was the first of more than fifty reactors to be built at this site. Nuclear reactors operate by a process called fission, in which a large, heavy nucleus splits into at least two smaller nuclei. This releases relatively large amounts of energy, as well as one or more neutrons.

2025年3月17日 · Learn how Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) became the first nuclear reactor to produce a usable amount of electricity. On Dec. 20, 1951, EBR-I made history by producing the world’s first source of atomic energy.

2017年4月11日 · The federal government built EBR-I, as the reactor was called, in the desert of Idaho, not far from the city of Arco, as a proof-of-concept for intriguing ideas about nuclear power.

Peruse the Atomic Museum in Idaho and discover the history of the EBR-1 reactor as you learn about the science of nuclear energy on a fascinating tour.

2024年8月12日 · On 4 June 1953 EBR-I provided the first proof of "breeding" capability, producing one atom of nuclear fuel for each atom burned, and later produced electricity using a plutonium core reactor.

Experimental Breeder Reactor I is the World's first nuclear power plant to demonstrate the breeder concept, which is honored as a historical ASME Landmark.

EBR-1 was the first reactor to generate its own fuel and the first power reactor to use plutonium as a fuel. The use of EBR-1 also meant pioneering work on fuel recovery and reprocessing. During its five-year lifetime, EBR-1 operated with four different fuel loadings, each designed to establish specific benchmarks of FBR technology.