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Sl 1 Accident
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Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. SL-1 Accident Investigation Board
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Sl 1 Accident written by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. SL-1 Accident Investigation Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Nuclear reactor accidents categories.
Complete Guide To The 1961 Sl 1 Fatal Nuclear Power Plant Accident Accident And Recovery Operations Reports Official Findings Timeline Of Events Technical Details Safety Implications
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Author : Department of Defense
language : en
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Release Date : 2017-04-08
Complete Guide To The 1961 Sl 1 Fatal Nuclear Power Plant Accident Accident And Recovery Operations Reports Official Findings Timeline Of Events Technical Details Safety Implications written by Department of Defense and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-08 with categories.
Four official federal government reports provide the full details of the tragic SL-1 prototype nuclear power plant accident of January 3, 1961, the first and only immediately fatal American reactor accident. Three servicemen were killed in the incident at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Major documents in this ebook compilation include the SL-1 Reactor Accident Interim Report, the IDO (Idaho Operations) Report on the Nuclear Incident at the SL-1 Reactor, SL-1 Recovery Operations, and the Final Report of SL-1 Recovery Operation. Other document excerpts provide background information on the reactor and the accident, and NASA'S assessment of the accident and its applicability to spaceflight safety. The SL-1 power plant (originally designated ALPR), prototype for a remote arctic installation, was designed, constructed and initially operated by Argonne National Laboratory. It is located at the National Reactor Testing Station near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Combustion Engineering was selected as operating contractor for this plant on the basis of their response to an Atomic Energy Commission invitation issued in June, 1958 and assumed operating responsibility on February 5, 1959. After nearly two years of operation a nuclear excursion occurred on the night of January 3, 1961, when a military crew of three men were assembling the reactor control rod drive mechanisms. The resulting blast killed the three crew members, produced extensive damage inside the reactor vessel and secondary damage to the reactor room by ejected missiles. The mechanical and material evidence, combined with the nuclear and chemical evidence, forced investigators to believe that the central control rod had been withdrawn very rapidly. They built a mock-up of the reactor vessel with identically sheathed and weighted control rods. In King Arthur fashion, men of lesser, similar, and greater strength as the crew tried to lift the rod. Most managed with little difficulty. The scientists questioned the cadremen: "Did you know that the reactor would go critical if the central control rod were removed?" Answer: "Of course! We often talked about what we would do if we were at a radar station and the Russians came. We'd yank it out."
Some Aspects Of The Wtr And Sl 1 Accidents
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Author : A. Nelson Tardiff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Some Aspects Of The Wtr And Sl 1 Accidents written by A. Nelson Tardiff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Boiling water reactors categories.
Sl 1 Accident Briefing Report 1961 Nuclear Reactor Meltdown Educational Documentary
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language : en
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Release Date : 2013
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (Idaho Operations Office) briefing about the SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Meltdown. 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 accident in the United States. The accident released about 80 curies (3.0 TBq) of Iodine-131, 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. The facility, located at the National Reactor Testing Station approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was part of the Army Nuclear Power Program and was known as the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) during its design and build phase. It was intended to provide electrical power and heat for small, remote military facilities, such as radar sites near the Arctic Circle, and those in the DEW Line. The design power was 3 MW (thermal). Operating power was 200 kW electrical and 400 kW thermal for space heating. In the accident, the core power level reached nearly 20 GW in just four milliseconds, precipitating the reactor accident and steam explosion.
Idaho Falls
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Author : William McKeown
language : en
Publisher: ECW Press
Release Date : 2003-04-01
Idaho Falls written by William McKeown and has been published by ECW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The little-known true story of a mysterious nuclear reactor disaster—years before Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or Fukushima. Before the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s first nuclear reactor meltdown to claim lives happened on US soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, an experimental military reactor located in Idaho’s Lost River Desert that exploded on the night of January 3, 1961, killing the three crewmembers on duty. Through exclusive interviews with the victims’ families and friends, firsthand accounts from rescue workers and nuclear industry insiders, and extensive research into official documents, journalist William McKeown probes the many questions surrounding this devastating blast that have gone unanswered for decades. From reports of faulty design and mismanagement to incompetent personnel and even rumors of sabotage after a failed love affair, these plausible explanations raise startling new questions about whether the truth was deliberately suppressed to protect the nuclear energy industry.
Aec Press Releases Relating To Sl 1 Reactor Accident On January 3 1961
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language : en
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Release Date : 1961
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Analysis Of The Sl 1 Accident Using Relaps5 3d
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language : en
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Release Date : 2007
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On January 3, 1961, at the National Reactor Testing Station, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the Stationary Low Power Reactor No. 1 (SL-1) experienced a major nuclear excursion, killing three people, and destroying the reactor core. The SL-1 reactor, a 3 MW{sub t} boiling water reactor, was shut down and undergoing routine maintenance work at the time. This paper presents an analysis of the SL-1 reactor excursion using the RELAP5-3D thermal-hydraulic and nuclear analysis code, with the intent of simulating the accident from the point of reactivity insertion to destruction and vaporization of the fuel. Results are presented, along with a discussion of sensitivity to some reactor and transient parameters (many of the details are only known with a high level of uncertainty).
Sl 1 Accident
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Author : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. SL-1 Accident Investigation Board
language : en
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Release Date : 1961
Sl 1 Accident written by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. SL-1 Accident Investigation Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Nuclear reactor accidents categories.
Some Aspects Of The Wtr And Sl 1 Accidents
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language : en
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Release Date : 1962
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For presentation at International Atomic Energy Agency Symposium on Reactor Safety, Vienna, Austria, May 14The Westinghouse Testing Reactor (WTR), a privately owned 60 megawatt tank type reactor, underwent a fuel element failure on April 3, 1960. A meltdown of one fuel element occurred causing the spread of fission products through the reactor cooling system. There were no casualties or overexposures. The cause of the accident could not be established beyond a reasonable doubt, but the possible cause appeared to be a cladding failure at a bonding defect. The Stationary Low Power Reactor No. 1 (SL-1), a 3 megawatt prototype reactor, underwent a nuclear excursion at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS), Idaho, on January 3, 1961. The three military operators on duty at the time received fatal injuries and the core experienced severe damage. Large amounts of radioactivity were released inside the reactor building; however, release of radioactivity from the building to the atmosphere was slight. This was the first fatal reactor accident in the history of reactor operation in the United States. Prior to the accident, the reactor had operated for 931 megawatt days, approximately 40% of its core life. Primary efforts subsequent to the SL-1 accident consisted of removal of the victims from the reactor building, determination of the nuclear status of the reactor, and analysis of the cause of the accident, including dismantling of the facility. Since the cause of the SL-1 accident was not known, work on the dismantling and decontamination of the reactor building had to proceed slowly lest some important evidence might be overlooked. The high radiation levels inside the reactor building also played an important part in slowing up the recovery operations. By the end of November 1961, the pressure vessel with the SL-1 core had been removed from the reactor building and transported 40 miles to a large hot cell on the testing station previously used to disassemble large experimental reactors. In the hot cell more detailed examination of the disarranged core proceeded. (auth).
Sl 1 The Accident Phases I And Ii
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language : en
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Release Date : 2013
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office. SL-1 The Accident: Phases I and II.
