 First edition | |
| Author | John G. Fuller |
|---|---|
| Subject | Nuclear power plants |
| Publisher | Reader's Digest Press |
Publication date | 1975 |
| ISBN | 0883490706 |
| 621.483 | |
| LC Class | TK1344.M5 |
We Almost Lost Detroit, a 1975 Reader's Digest book by John G. Fuller,[1] presents a history of Fermi 1, America's first commercial breeder reactor, with emphasis on the 1966 partial nuclear meltdown.[2][3]
It took four years for the reactor to be repaired, and then performance was poor. In 1972, the reactor core was dismantled and the reactor was decommissioned. America's first effort at operating a full-scale breeder had failed.[2]
- ^ Fuller, John Grant (1975). We almost lost Detroit. Reader's Digest Press. pp. 248–261. ISBN 0883490706. LCCN 75017870.
- ^ a b Clarfield, Gerard H.; Wiecek, William M. (1984). Nuclear America: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States, 1940–1980. Harper & Row. p. 469. ISBN 9780060153366.
- ^ Patterson, Walter C (1976). Nuclear Power (PDF). Penguin Books. pp. 185–186.