The Sodium Reactor Experiment was a pioneering nuclear power plant built by Atomics International at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near Simi Valley, California. The reactor operated from 1957 to 1964.

The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), formerly known as Rocketdyne, is a complex of industrial research and development facilities located on a 2,668-acre (1,080 ha) [1] portion of Southern California in an unincorporated area of Ventura County in the Simi Hills between Simi Valley and Los Angeles.

The Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE), located in building 4143, was the first commercial nuclear power plant to provide electricity to the public by powering the near-by city of Moorpark in 1957. It was the highest power research reactor at Santa Susana at 20 megawatts thermal (or less than 1% of the power of commercial power plants).

2019年7月13日 · 60 years ago today the largest nuclear accident in U.S. history occurred above the Southern California community of Simi Valley when the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (SSFL) site suffered a partial nuclear meltdown.

2020年2月14日 · On Aug. 29, 1959, six weeks after the SRE incident, the Atomic Energy Commission, the U.S. government agency in charge at Santa Susana Field Laboratory, was quick to clear the air and assure the public of safety, issuing a press release saying it had inspected the SRE, evaluated the situation and “no release of radioactive materials to the ...

Meanwhile, the SRE was but one of 10 nuclear reactors at the site, plus a “hot lab” to cut apart and work on nuclear fuel for Santa Susana, Department of Energy and the Atomic Energy Commission facilities from around the country.

2016年7月5日 · Sodium Reactor Experiment (Santa Susana, CA) – July 1959. Construction of the Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) facility began in April 1955. The operators achieved the initial criticality of the reactor core on April 25, 1957, and supplied electricity to the power grid for the first time on July 12, 1957.

The Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE), also known as Building 4143, operated from April 1957 to February 1964. It was the highest power research reactor at Santa Susana at 20 megawatts (or less than 1% of the size of commercial power plants).

Some believe the July 1959 accident involving the Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) was the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. Others believe the accident was much more benign.

2006年11月10日 · Santa Susana Field Laboratory SRE Made National Nuclear Landmark In November 1985