Enrico Fermi Unit 1
- Country: USA
- Role: Civil Power
- Status: Decommissioning
- Year: 1963
Overview
A sodium cooled fast breeder demonstration reactor on Lake Erie near Monroe, Michigan. In October 1966 a loose zirconium plate blocked coolant flow and partially melted fuel. The incident inspired the book We Almost Lost Detroit. It ran again briefly before closing in 1972, and the Fermi 2 boiling water reactor now operates at the site.
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