Generating usable electricity from fission (IMAGE)

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Generating usable electricity from fission

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In 1951, Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) became the first nuclear reactor to generate usable amounts of electricity when it powered four lightbulbs.

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Idaho National Laboratory

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