EBR-1 recommended visit

[Teledog]

Slightly off-topic (technical stuff, none-the-less)
Just got back from a visit to the EBR-1  (google it) reactor site in Idaho ..it was HOT there..sun, not gamma
Utterly fascinating!! 
If you've got the time & patience (long hot drive), I'd recommend it to any geek! 
Only open between May long weekend & early Sept (labor day) , ..found that out by mistake a few years ago..arrived to see it closed 2 days after labor day :-(
Free admission & tours.
One of turbine reactors outside is still a little ahem; "hot" if you bring a counter 
Spent several hours there..I'd love to go back again & spend more time (GF wasn't terribly impressed)
The building seems average from the outside, but seems HUGE inside...weird.
US Gov. warning signs all around the perimeter..near the INL..high security everywhere..in the middle of the desert.
Interesting reading;
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=2ahUKEwjCl9mkhbbcAhVkMn0KHd86D6kQFjABegQIBRAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ne.anl.gov%2Fpdfs%2Freactors%2FStory-of-BORAX-Reactor-by-Ray-Haroldsen-v2.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1rRtLk166dhlxqBrUEpjw5

[sdouble]

As far as i remember this was the first nuclear reactor to produce some electricity....
it 's also the first core which did (partially) melt...

[Gyro]

 

As far as i remember this was the first nuclear reactor to produce some electricity....

Ahem...  http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=778  (Depending what you mean by "produce some electricity")


EDIT: I think it probably hangs on whether EBR-1 could be considered a 'Commercial nuclear power plant' or not. There was also an experimental plant at Obninsk, Russia producing power early in 1954 which probably pre-dates EBR-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obninsk_Nuclear_Power_Plant

[sdouble]

I found that EBR1 produced .. 200 W at the end of 51

[Gyro]

Well, I suppose, yes, that is 'some electricity'!

From 200W in 1951, to 6MW (Obninsk) in 1954, to 60MW (Calder Hall) in 1956. With that expansion rate i guess we're lucky we're not outshining the Sun by now!