Originally Posted by
Ninthace
The SL-1 reactor at Idaho Falls was a military reactor designed for sustained operation at remote locations. It did not end well to put it mildly Hopefully this project has a better outcome.
While the SL-1 accident was spectacular and dramatic, it certainly doesn’t represent current nuclear power technology. Less than a decade after the SL-1 accident, the U.S. Navy put NR-1 into service, a very compact nuclear reactor platform that safely operated for almost 40 years.