Nuclear Reactors

Since 1949, more than 50 nuclear reactors have been built on this plain, more than anywhere else in the world. The 900-square-mile Idaho National Laboratory is the birthplace of the Nuclear Navy. Commercial power reactor prototypes, including reactors that breed more fuel than they consume, were developed here. Internationally renowned for its materials testing reactors and reactor programs, the laboratory became a major research center for developing peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Idaho · United States