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Experimental Breeder Reactor II was the site of historic reactor safety tests in 1986.

Historic tests April 3, 1986, at Experimental Breeder Reactor II demonstrated the passive safety of Argonne's Integral Fast Reactor concept, a reactor fueled by metal alloy and cooled by liquid sodium.

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