Nuclear Pioneers: EBR-I

On December 20, 1951, Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) at what is today Idaho National Laboratory became the first reactor to produce a useable amount of electricity using atomic energy. This video describes how the reactor was developed through interviews with the original researchers.

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