SL-1
- Country: USA
- Role: Research
- Status: Decommissioned
- Year: 1958
Overview
The Stationary Low Power Reactor Number One, a US Army prototype at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho. On 3 January 1961 a control rod was withdrawn too far during maintenance, causing a steam explosion that killed all three operators. It is the only reactor accident in the United States to cause immediate deaths. The wreckage was buried nearby.
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