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If you want some peaceful atomic tourism and happen to be driving through Idaho in the summer, I can't recommend the Experimental Breeder Reactor museum enough.
by acidburnNSA 3y ago
If you want some peaceful atomic tourism and happen to be driving through Idaho in the summer, I can't recommend the Experimental Breeder Reactor museum enough. Then again, I'm a nuclear engineer, so maybe this is too personal of a recommendation.
https://inl.gov/experimental-breeder-reactor-i/ https://inl.gov/experimental-breeder-reactor-i/
https://visitidaho.org/things-to-do/museums-exhibits/experimental-breeder-reactor-i-ebr-i-atomic-museum/ https://visitidaho.org/things-to-do/museums-exhibits/experim...
- StrangeATractor 3y agoI want to go to the site of the CP-1 reactor. Not much left but a plaque, but that's where the modern age really began. Apparently you can buy some graphite from the CP-1 as a paperweight, but I'm not sure how legit it is. They say you can buy trinitite too, but the market has a lot of fakes.
- acidburnNSA 3y agoGetting graphite from CP-1 would be a dream of mine. Some of my friends have been given some after climbing the corporate ladder better than I have.
- fastneutron 3y agoFor a time, Argonne National Laboratory was raffling off lucite-encased blocks of CP-1 graphite at conferences. They probably have a stockroom somewhere of the stuff to give to VIPs, etc.
- organman91 3y agoI visted EBR-1 last year - this is definitely a hidden gem!
- JKCalhoun 3y agoOh, that place is so cool. Never mind it also has two experimental atomic aircraft engines (HTRE-2 and HTRE-3) sitting outside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion (And while in the area, you can pop over to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.)