The Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment (1958)

A documentary describing the OMRE, a nuclear reactor experiment that operated in Idaho at the National Reactor Testing Station (now INL) from 1957-1963. Sponsored by: Mikal Bøe Translation and narration by: Shirly Rodriguez Rojas Coordinated by: Nick Touran, whatisnuclear.com More info: https://whatisnuclear.com/news/2024-12-13-organic-moderated-reactor-experiment-film.html The original soundtrack was in Spanish and may be seen at https://youtu.be/e5AOcPYXZyg 00:00 Credits and Intro 01:00 OMRE facility description 01:28 Lab and MTR studies 02:24 OMRE system diagrams 04:05 Operations building 05:10 Air dump heat exchanger 05:32 Core tank construction 06:25 Core tank installation 07:28 Plate type fuel fabrication 08:48 Fuel assemblies 09:31 Core mockup 09:55 Neutron source 10:15 Control rods 10:31 Internals 11:40 Commissioning tests 13:50 Core loading and startup 14:40 Outro