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Experimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant 1

Retired United States
Gross capacity
5MW

Experimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant 1 is a nuclear unit at Experimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant in United States rated at 5 MW gross. It is retired. Commercial operation began 1 Jan 1956.

Specification
Reactor type not disclosed
Modelnot disclosed
Size classnot disclosed
Coolantnot disclosed
Moderatornot disclosed
Gross capacity5MW
Net capacity (reference)not disclosed
Net capacity (design)not disclosed
Thermal outputnot disclosed
Typical enrichmentnot disclosed
Ownership & location
SiteExperimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant
Unit1
CountryUnited States
OwnerUS Department of Energy100%
OperatorArgonne National Laboratory-West
Coordinates 41.7194, -87.9891
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
not established for this unit's type
Enrichment
not established
Upstream

Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.

RosatomUrencoCNNCOrano
Conversion
CamecoCNNCConverDynOranoRosatom
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units — utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

Timeline

  1. 1 Jan 1955Construction start
  2. 1 Jan 1956First criticality
  3. 1 Jan 1956Commercial operation
  4. 1 Jan 1967Permanent shutdown

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