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1962 film featuring the PM-1 radar-powering nuclear microreactor in Wyoming
- acidburnNSA 3y agoI was just going to post this since it's my own page and I'm really excited about it, but was happy to see someone else did already, thanks!! To entice people, let me include a little intro from the page: > [The film] features the 1 MWe PM-1 military microreactor, a small modular reactor that the US Army manufactured and tested in a factory, disassembled into 16 modules, and air-lifted to the closest airfield by C-130, trucked to site, re-assembled, and then powered a remote Cold War radar station back in 1962. It had direct air cooling, meaning it did not need to be near any water supply. It was designed to be disassembled, moved, and re-assembled as necessary. No field welding was needed for re-assembly. It was a PWR that could be operated by a crew of 2.