1955 EBR - Experimental Breeder Reactor Melts Down

Many people seem to celebrate the 'birth' of nuclear power in Idaho, at the EBR experimental reactor. Few know that it actually melted down. Even fewer people know or realize the many problems that have resulted from the radioactive nuclear waste that is still being produced today. Idaho is not just the birth place of nuclear energy, but also the dumping and burial grounds of nuclear waste, which was buried right on top of groundwater and aquifers. The pro nuclear 'experts' and pro nuclear apologists predicated it would take 80,000 years to reach drinking water aquifers, but it actually only took 30 years. This nuclear garbage is now being paid for by taxpayers and will have to be guarded and monitored for 1 million years. Watch the video for more details..
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November 29, 1955	Idaho Falls, Idaho, US	Power excursion with partial core meltdown at National Reactor Testing Station's EBR-1 Experimental Breeder Reactor I

On November 29, 1955, the reactor at EBR-I suffered a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test. The flow test was trying to determine the cause of unexpected reactor responses to changes in coolant flow. It was subsequently repaired for further experiments, which determined that thermal expansion of the fuel rods and the thick plates supporting the fuel rods was the cause of the unexpected reactor response.[7]

Plaques at the EBR-I site
Assembly of the EBR-1 core in 1951

The first production of usable nuclear electricity occurred on December 20, 1951, when four light bulbs were lit with electricity generated from the EBR-1 reactor
The reactor is in the building at center, the two structures lower left are reactors from the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project
View of EBR-1, as seen from the parking lot