The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) is an 890 square mile (2,300 km²) complex located in the Idaho desert between the towns of Arco and Idaho Falls. It was established in 1949 as the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) and subsequently renamed to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) in the 1970s. In 1997, the present name was adopted. In 2005, the name will again be changed to Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The lab is operated by Battelle, and currently employs about 8000 people. Arco, Idaho Arco is a city located in Butte County, Idaho. ... Idaho Falls is a city located in Bonneville County, Idaho. ... 1949 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

History

The original mission of NRTS was the development of nuclear energy during the immediate post-war years. In 1951, one of the most significant events in the 20th century occurred at the NRTS - the first harnessing of atomic energy. This happened at the Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 (EBR-1). The site of this event is memorialized as a Registered National Historic Landmark open to the public. On July 17, 1955, reactors at the NRTS made Arco, Idaho, the first town in the world to be powered by atomic energy. Nuclear energy is energy released from the nucleus of an atom by the conversion of its mass to energy consistent with Albert Einstiens formula E=mc² in which E = Energy, m = Mass and c = the Constant Speed of Light. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 in Idaho, the birthplace of atomic energy. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arco, Idaho Arco is a city located in Butte County, Idaho. ...

On January 3, 1961, the first fatal nuclear accident in the United States occurred at the NRTS. An experimental reactor called SL-1 (Stationary Low-Power Plant Number 1) was destroyed when a control rod was removed incorrectly leading to core meltdown and explosion. All three men working in the reactor were killed. Due to the extensive radioactive isotope contamination, all three had to be buried in lead coffins. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The SL-1, the Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, was a U.S. experimental military nuclear power reactor. ... Isotopes are forms of a chemical element whose nuclei have the same atomic number, Z, but different atomic masses, A. The word isotope, meaning at the same place, comes from the fact that all isotopes of an element are located at the same place on the periodic table. ...

Work at INEEL has included initial development of nuclear reactor designs, testing experimental reactor designs, developing prototype reactors for ships in the US Navy, and developing technologies to manage nuclear waste. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... A Russian fissile material storage facility Radioactive waste is waste material containing radioactive chemical elements which does not have a practical purpose. ...

On June 27, 2005 a story broke in the New York Times that a reactor at INEEL would be used to manufacture Pu-238. This isotope is known for its steady rate of decay, which is useful in making extremely long-lived batteries. INEEL has 52 reactors, 3 of which are allegedly still operating (see list of nuclear reactors). June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... List of nuclear reactors is a comprehensive annotated list of all the nuclear reactors of the world, sorted by country. ...

See Also

• nuclear power
• nuclear reactor
• list of nuclear reactors - the NRTS reactors are listed here

Nuclear power currently involves converting the nuclear energy of fissable uranium into thermal energy by fission, from thermal to kinetic energy by means of a steam turbine and finally to electron energy by a generator. ... Nuclear power station at Leibstadt, Switzerland. ... List of nuclear reactors is a comprehensive annotated list of all the nuclear reactors of the world, sorted by country. ...

External links

• Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
• Battelle Website

Aerial Photo

• Microsoft Terraserver

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