The SL-1, or Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, was a United - TopicsExpress



          

The SL-1, or Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, was a United States Army experimental nuclear power reactor which underwent a steam explosion and meltdown on January 3, 1961, killing its three operators. The direct cause was the improper withdrawal of the central control rod, responsible for absorbing neutrons in the reactor core. The event is the only known fatal reactor incident in the United States.[1][2] The incident released about 80 curies (3.0 TBq) of iodine-131,[3] which was not considered significant due to its location in a remote desert of Idaho. About 1,100 curies (41 TBq) of fission products were released into the atmosphere.[4]
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:09:59 +0000

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