Explore the World of Atomic Energy and Atomic/Nuclear Weapons in this series of DVDs that cover many aspects of the U.S. Atomic Bomd development program and a variety of safety films mde to educate the U.S. populace on what to do in the case of a nuclear attack on American soil.
The SL-1, or Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, was a United States Army experimental nuclear power reactor which underwent a steam explosion and meltdown in January 1961, killing its three operators. The direct cause was the improper withdrawal of the only movable control rod. The event is the only fatal reactor accident in the United States.
