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Pretty sure the ML-1 was the shippable one. It was gas-cooled and portable. The SL-1 that had the accident was a BWR intended to power arctic radar stations abo
by acidburnNSA 7y ago
Pretty sure the ML-1 was the shippable one. It was gas-cooled and portable. The SL-1 that had the accident was a BWR intended to power arctic radar stations above the DEW line. Too big to ship easily. These two reactors were part of the same Army program.
https://whatisnuclear.com/reactor_history.html#the-army-nuclear-power-program https://whatisnuclear.com/reactor_history.html#the-army-nucl...
M meant mobile. S meant stationary. L means low-power.