Decommissioning

Arkansas Experimental Reactor Vessel Arrives in Nevada for Disposal

By Photo of Staff Reports

The last big segment of the Southwest Experimental Fast-Oxide Reactor (SEFOR) has been uprooted from its Arkansas home and shipped to the Nevada Nuclear Security Site for disposal.
The reactor vessel and remaining components from the 20-megawatt, sodium-cooled…

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A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

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