"Nuclear Power Reactor - The SL-1 Accident Video- Briefing Film Report" (1961) (1961)

Producer: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office 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 on January 3, 1961, killing its three operators. The direct cause was the improper withdrawal of the central control rod, responsible for absorbing neutrons in the reactor core. The event is the only known fatal reactor incident in the United States. . CharlieDeanArchives - Archive footage from the 20th century making history come alive!

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