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Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1)
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S1W
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EBR-Q
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Windscale Pile
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Why the Neutron Cross Section is Called 'a Barn'
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SL-1
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LaCrosse BWR - The 'Tractor Reactor'
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When “Advanced” Meets Operational Reality
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Operation Plumbbob
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LOFT
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How CRUD Got Its Name
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How CRUD REALLY Got Its Name
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Browns Ferry
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Nu-Klee-Er
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Pathfinder BWR
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Hallam SFR
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The Caribbean’s Atomic Ghost
BONUS: The High-Stakes Hustle of the Superheated Dream.
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Peach Bottom Unit 1 HTGR
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SCRAM Origin
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Atomic Tourism in Las Vegas
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Vallecitos BWR
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Piqua OMRE
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Clementine
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WR-1 Oil-Cooled HWR
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NB-36 Nuclear Bomber
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KIWI NTP
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Phoebus 2A NTP
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PM-2A
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Dragon HTGR
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Monju SFR
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Chemistry Eats Reliability - MSRs
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NRX
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PM-3A
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NS Savannah
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Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE)
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SLOWPOKE
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38
Lenin (Nuclear Icebreaker)
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The German AVR: Pebbles, Problems, and a Prototype That Tried Really Hard
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The Little Boiling Reactor That Proved the Big Idea
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The Soviet Alfa-Class Submarine: The Titanium Speed Demon Powered by a Reactor Coolant That Could Freeze Solid
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Hanford’s B Reactor: The Original Plutonium Factory
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When the Nuclear Reactor Was Meant to Go to Space (Forgotten Reactors Series)
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USS Seawolf (SSN-575): When the U.S. Navy Tried Liquid Sodium—and Immediately Regretted It
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Phénix SFR
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X-10 - The Reactor That Turned Physics into Engineering
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The Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment (OMRE) - The Reactor That Proved Water Wasn’t the Problem (Forgotten Reactor Series)
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The Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant: When “Remote” Was an Engineering Requirement
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49
Lucens HWGCR
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When the Reactor Survived… but the Turbine Killed the Plant
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Respect the Pioneers
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When Refueling Becomes the Hazard
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Christmas Day in the Nuclear Age
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Done Right? The UK’s Fast Reactor Reality Check
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"It worked…until it didn’t.” The Dounreay PFR Reality Check
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When Europe’s Nuclear Age Began… Very Carefully (Forgotten
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FFTF
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𝗦𝗠-𝟭 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘀 “𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲”
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The reactor that worked — but had nowhere to go
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Ågesta: A Reactor Built for a Future That Took 50 Years to Arrive
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Note of Thanks and Request for Forgotten Reactors
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When Fast Was Too Fast
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SuperPhénix
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One of the Unsung Heroes of Nuclear Engineering (AKA the Reactor That Didn’t
Explode)
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The Reactor That Launched a Thousand Pitch Decks
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The Reactor that Tried to Warn Everyone
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The Reactors That Taught the Soviets to Wear Fireproof Shoes
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The Power Plant Fueled by Nuclear Bombs (Yes, Really)
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Murder by Obstruction
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Italy’s Masterpiece of FOAK Purgatory
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Zero Power Physics Reactor (ZPPR) “Measured Reality”
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The Shortcut That Almost Rewrote History
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K-431 Soviet Submarine Accident
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The Quiet Geometry Teacher Behind Water Reactors
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Chazhma Bay Reactor Accident, 1985 — When Refueling Geometry Went Nuclear
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰̌𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 — 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 “𝗟𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿” 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
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670,000 “Billiard Balls” and a Handling System That Wouldn’t Behave
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The Kyshtym Disaster — When “Nothing to See Here” Exploded Anyway (1957)
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Why I’m Skeptical of Exotic Fuel and Coolant Reactors — and They Deserve It
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When the Gas Whispers Before It Shouts
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Physics Said Yes. Operations Said Absolutely Not.
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The Aircraft Reactor Experiment — When Salt Took Flight
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸
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A Reactor That Worked, But the Economics Didn’t
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The Conehead Of Reactors
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HIFAR
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸
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Halden — The Reactor That Taught the World How Fuel Behaves
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𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟳,𝟬𝟬𝟬-𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁
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Westinghouse TR-2
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Thorium - The Fuel That Almost Arrived
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Wolsong-1 (CANDU 6)
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Pégase
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The Organic Reactor That Gummed Up the Works
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ARMoR - The Reactor That Didn't Need Applause
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Rancho Seco: The Reactor That Got Voted Off the Island
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HRE-2: The Reactor That Tried to Eat Itself
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The Most Forgotten Reactor of All… Built by Nature, Proven by Time.
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Atucha - 1: The reactor that refused to pick a lane— and quietly proved it could still run.
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𝟮𝟳/𝗩𝗧 𝗟𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱-𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗵: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲
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Pathfinder Superheating BWR
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𝗔 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱—𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀.
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106
The Reactor That Refused to Stay Down: A Tale of Basalt and Soviet Steel
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107
BN-600: The Sodium Reactor That Earned Its Scars
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𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝟰 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀𝘆
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CVTR HWR (Repeat – See Ep. 20)
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The CVTR: America's Forgotten CANDU Cousin.
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HDR Grosswelzheim
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Fugen ATR: Part CANDU, Part BWR, All Japan
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S5G / USS Narwhal (SSN-671)
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