Supercritical: Sl-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion [pdf]
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A 2007 NASA safety message details the 1961 SL-1 nuclear reactor explosion, providing a technical analysis of the incident; the discussion is muted, with only one comment.
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Our Stories: SL-1 – A Story from Inside a Destroyed Nuclear Reactor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWjfUQiJcU - March 10th, 2022
SL-1: The only fatal nuclear reactor accident in US history - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9934113 - July 2015
NASA System Failure Case Studies: Supercritical - https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/safety-messages/saf... - February 2007 (Volume 1 Issue 4)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_criticality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Nuclear_Power_Program