Sodium Reactor Experiment: Difference between revisions

The Sodium Reactor Experiment facility was situated in a northwestern administrative section (known as Area IV) on a mountaintop known as ''The Hill'' of the [[Santa Susana Field Laboratory]], about {{convert|30|mi}} northwest of downtown Los Angeles in [[Simi Valley]].<ref name=PS2009-08-24>{{cite web|url=https://psmag.com/environment/50-years-after-nuclear-meltdown-3510|title=50 Years After America's Worst Nuclear Meltdown: Human error helped worsen a nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, and now human inertia has stymied the radioactive cleanup for half a century|date=August 24, 2009|work=[[Pacific Standard]]|last1=Trossman Bien|first1=Joan|last2=Collins|first2=Michael|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> When the Sodium Reactor Experiment was active, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was operated by two business divisions of the [[North American Aviation]] company. The [[Rocketdyne]] division conducted [[liquid-propellant rocket]] engine testing and development at the site, while the Atomics International division focused on the development of commercial nuclear reactors and compact nuclear reactors for [[outer space|outer-space]] applications.