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[[File: SSFL Aerial 2005.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Aerial view of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the [[Simi Hills]], with the [[San Fernando Valley]] and [[San Gabriel Mountains]] beyond to the east. The [[Energy Technology Engineering Center]] site is in the flat Area IV at the lower left, with the Rocket Test Field Laboratory sites in the hills at the center. ''(Spring 2005)'']]
[[File: SSFL Aerial 2005.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Aerial view of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the [[Simi Hills]], with the [[San Fernando Valley]] and [[San Gabriel Mountains]] beyond to the east. The [[Energy Technology Engineering Center]] site is in the flat Area IV at the lower left, with the Rocket Test Field Laboratory sites in the hills at the center. ''(Spring 2005)'']]
The '''Santa Susana Field Laboratory''' ('''SSFL'''), formerly known as '''Rocketdyne''', is a complex of industrial research and development facilities located on a {{convert|2,668|acre|adj=on}}<ref name="Archeological Consultants, Inc.">{{cite web | last = Archeological Consultants, Inc. |author2=Weitz Research  | title = Historical resources survey and assessment of the NASA facility at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Simi Valley, California  | publisher = [[NASA]] | date = March 2009 | pages = 1 | url = http://ssfl.msfc.nasa.gov/documents/historical/NASA_Historic_Resources_Survey_2009.pdf  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110627060948/http://ssfl.msfc.nasa.gov/documents/historical/NASA_Historic_Resources_Survey_2009.pdf  | url-status = dead  | archive-date = 2011-06-27  | access-date = 25 January 2010}}</ref> portion of [[Southern California]] in an [[unincorporated area]] of [[Ventura County]] in the [[Simi Hills]] between [[Simi Valley]] and [[Los Angeles]]. The site is located approximately {{convert|18|mi|km}} northwest of [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and approximately {{convert|30|mi|km}} northwest of [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. [[Sage Ranch Park]] is adjacent on part of the northern boundary and the community of [[Bell Canyon, California|Bell Canyon]] is along the entire southern boundary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sage.Park|url=http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=53}}</ref>
The '''Santa Susana Field Laboratory''' ('''SSFL'''), formerly known as '''Rocketdyne''', is a complex of industrial research and development facilities located on a {{convert|2,668|acre|adj=on}}<ref name="Archeological Consultants, Inc.">{{cite web | last = Archeological Consultants, Inc. |author2=Weitz Research  | title = Historical resources survey and assessment of the NASA facility at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Simi Valley, California  | publisher = [[NASA]] | date = March 2009 | pages = 1 | url = http://ssfl.msfc.nasa.gov/documents/historical/NASA_Historic_Resources_Survey_2009.pdf  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110627060948/http://ssfl.msfc.nasa.gov/documents/historical/NASA_Historic_Resources_Survey_2009.pdf  | url-status = dead  | archive-date = 2011-06-27  | access-date = 25 January 2010}}</ref> portion of [[Southern California]] in an [[unincorporated area]] of [[Ventura County]] in the [[Simi Hills]] between [[Simi Valley]] and Los Angeles. The site is located approximately {{convert|18|mi|km}} northwest of [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and approximately {{convert|30|mi|km}} northwest of [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. [[Sage Ranch Park]] is adjacent on part of the northern boundary and the community of [[Bell Canyon, California|Bell Canyon]] is along the entire southern boundary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sage.Park|url=http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=53}}</ref>


SSFL was used mainly for the development and testing of [[Liquid-propellant rocket|liquid-propellant rocket engines]] for the [[NASA|United States space program]] from 1949 to 2006,<ref name="Archeological Consultants, Inc." /> [[nuclear reactors]] from 1953 to 1980 and the operation of a U.S. government-sponsored liquid metals research center from 1966 to 1998.<ref>{{cite book | last = Sapere and Boeing | title = Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Area IV Historical Site Assessment | date = May 2005 | pages = 2 | url = http://etec.energy.gov/Cleanup/Historical-Site-Assessment.html | access-date = 25 January 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091212044746/http://www.etec.energy.gov/Cleanup/Historical-Site-Assessment.html | archive-date = 12 December 2009 }}</ref> Throughout the years, about ten low-power nuclear reactors operated at SSFL, (including the [[Sodium Reactor Experiment]], the first reactor in the United States to generate electrical power for a commercial grid, and the first commercial power plant in the world to experience a partial [[core meltdown]]) in addition to several "critical facilities" that helped develop nuclear science and applications. At least four of the ten nuclear reactors had accidents during their operation. The reactors located on the grounds of SSFL were considered experimental, and therefore had no [[Containment building|containment structures]].
SSFL was used mainly for the development and testing of [[Liquid-propellant rocket|liquid-propellant rocket engines]] for the [[NASA|United States space program]] from 1949 to 2006,<ref name="Archeological Consultants, Inc." /> [[nuclear reactors]] from 1953 to 1980 and the operation of a U.S. government-sponsored liquid metals research center from 1966 to 1998.<ref>{{cite book | last = Sapere and Boeing | title = Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Area IV Historical Site Assessment | date = May 2005 | pages = 2 | url = http://etec.energy.gov/Cleanup/Historical-Site-Assessment.html | access-date = 25 January 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091212044746/http://www.etec.energy.gov/Cleanup/Historical-Site-Assessment.html | archive-date = 12 December 2009 }}</ref> Throughout the years, about ten low-power nuclear reactors operated at SSFL, (including the [[Sodium Reactor Experiment]], the first reactor in the United States to generate electrical power for a commercial grid, and the first commercial power plant in the world to experience a partial [[core meltdown]]) in addition to several "critical facilities" that helped develop nuclear science and applications. At least four of the ten nuclear reactors had accidents during their operation. The reactors located on the grounds of SSFL were considered experimental, and therefore had no [[Containment building|containment structures]].
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