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Nuclear Power

The first power reactor "Breeder Reactor"

Thursday Sep 20, 1951 at 01:50:00 PM
Idaho, U.S

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. At 1:50 p.m. on December 20, 1951, it became one of the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plants.


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