Historical video about the EBR-II Fuel Facility from Argonne National Laboratory.
The Experimental Breeder Reactor-II or EBR-II was originally designed and operated with emphasis on demonstrating a complete breeder-reactor power plant with on-site reprocessing of metallic fuel. This was successfully done from 1964 to 1969. During that five years, the reactor's Fuel Cycle Facility processed 35,000 fuel elements, produced 366 subassemblies, and assembled 66 control and safety rods. The facility was then converted from a breeder to a burner reactor. The new missions emphasized testing fuels and materials for larger, liquid metal reactors. More information at http://www.ne.anl.gov/About/reactors/...