Unique Reactors - Energy Information Administration
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior -College Senior 11-College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Nuclear Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Unknown |
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Organization:Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy |
| Description: | "In the mid-1950's, both the Soviet Union and western countries were expanding their nuclear research to include non-military uses of the atom. However, as with the military program, much of the non-military work was done in secret. On June 27, 1954, the World's first nuclear power plant generated electricity but no headlines--at least, not in the West. The capacity of the world's first nuclear electricity generator was only 5 megawatts (electric), unimpressive when compared to some of today's giants (about a fourth of the World's generators exceed 1,000 megawatts in capacity). Of course, being the first makes the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant no less impressive." |
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| Publication Date: | June 2008 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/nuc_reactors/superla.ht |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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