b'I N D EXJohnson, Allan C., 118, 133, 145-146, 153, 158, 177 River; Department of Energ y, breeder program; Moulton, Chet, 31Johnson, Lady Bird, 192 Experimental Breeder Reactor-I and -II; fuel(s), Mountain Home Air Base, 162Johnson, Lyndon B., 192-193 nu c l e a r, breeding potential; Integral Fast Reactor;Mud Lake, Idaho, 43, 105, 120-121, 173Johnson, Wilfrid E., 194 Little Boy, 23 Mup, Lt. Governor Jack, 190r hy Johnston atoll, 8 Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company, 246 M urr a y, Thomas, 71Johnston, Leonard E. Bill:career at NRTS, 27, 74, 106, Los Alamos, New Mexico (Los Alamos National NaK (alloy of sodium [Na] potassium [K]), 48, 84, 85,11 6-118; background and personality, 28-30, 34-35; Laboratory), 23, 40, 96-98, 146, 214, 231, 233 137, 171o rganizes NRTS, 32, 36-46, 56, 61, 211. Mentioned, loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA), 178, 181-182, 222, 225, Naples, Italy, 1866, 211 23 N a rw h a, 92 l0Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE), 63, 108, 11 9 , Loss of Fluid Test (LOFT), facility, 4, 175, 216, 247; National Academy of Science (NAS), 187-188, 199194; and A N Pprogram, 118 - 119, 126; program to 1974, 134, 177-183, 197, 230; and T h r eeNational Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), created/abolished, 25, 218-219; hearings, 27, 187, 74, Mile Island tests, 222-224, 226 127, 164, 17779-80, 82-83, 153; response to SL-1, 145, 152-153; Lost River Desert, 7 National Bureau of Standards, 83and Shaw, 176, 180, 184.See alsonames of Lost River ranges, 6 National Accelerator Laboratory, 187committee members Lost Rivers Transportation Company, 106 National Center for Disease Control, 85Jones, R.M. Murph, 94 Luedecke, A.R., 146 National Committee on Radiation Protection, 59Jordan, Len B., 62, 170, 180 Lyon, Joe P., 179 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 200, 220Jordan Redectors, 143 Lyons, Kansas, 201 National Environmental Research Park (NERP), 209Just, Kent, 208, 210-211 M1-A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, 28-229 National Oceanic and Atmospheric A d m i n is ra t io ntKaiser Engineers, 114, 179 Ml-1 Test Area (ARA-IV), 154, 165 (NOAA), 39K ai s er-Wilhelm-Institut, 22 M a c k a y, Idaho, 10, 12 National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS): Army ReactorKansas, 219-220 Malta, Idaho, 212 Experimental Area, 140; Av i a t o rs cave at, 5-7;Keirn, Donald J., 25, 120 Manhattan District, 18, 22-23, 30, 56, 118background radiation, 58-60; Burial Ground, 74-82,Kes r Manhattan Project, 28, 39, 56, 74; as career background, 85, 88, 155, 197-203; change initiated by Shaw, 174-i e , Dennis, 247-248Kempthorne, Dirk, 244, 247 30, 186, 231, 233; purpose of, 22-23 187; construction safety, 60-61; contractors, 54-58,K e n ne d y, John F., 126, 147, 186 Mars, 127 158, 176-177, 180-181, 182-183; creation and Ketchum, Idaho, 220 Marshall Islands, 8 or ganization, 26-28, 35, 36-43, 106;Kiwanis Club, 57, 211 Marvel, Winfield, 28, 30-31 description/remoteness of, 2-5, 174; expansion of, inKnolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), 30, 51,Mass Detonation Area, 15, 16 1950s, 108-115, 162; first three reactor projects99, 158 Massachusetts, 11 9 (EBR-I, MTR, S1W), 44-53, 64-73; mercury, use of,Korean War , 40, 51, 97-98 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 13, 11 8 123; name changes, 217-218, 244; non-nuclearKunze, Jay, 127, 147-148, 212, 214-215 Materials Testing Reactor (MTR): campaign to prevent research, 212, 216; President Lyndon Johnson visits,Kwajalein, 8 decommissioning of, 191, 194-197, 212; contractors, 192-194; programs circa 1963, 159-173; radiation fLake Pend Orielle, 8 53-58, 177; design, construction of, 42, 48-51, 66-69, saet y , 89, 167-169; Radioactive Waste ManagementLambson, Kay, 8 84; fuel reprocessing, 94-96, 98, 103, 137, 169; fuel Complex, 203, 206-211; reactor safety testing, 128-L a rge Ship Reactor A( A 1 W-A). S e eA 1Was gamma source, 11 2-113, 116, 189; physics 137, 164-165, 177-183; security of, 2, 227; siting ofL a rge Ship Reactor B (A1W-B). S e eA1 research, 108-11 2 ,11 headquarters city, 29-34; SL-1 accident, 142-149,W 3- 115; operations, 66, 68-71, 77-Larsen, Margaret, 12 78, 86-89, 160, 162, 230; plutonium fuel, 162; RaLa, 154-157; and State of Idaho, 60-63, 187-191, 194-Larsen, John, 12 96-98, 104; siting of, 38-40; and tarpaper palace, 203, 204-212; Test Area North, 116-120, 125, 127;Larson, Archie, 100 57. Mentioned, 122, 128, 143, 161, 226 waste management, 74-85, 102, 197-203, 206-211. Latter Day Saints, 158 McClure, James, 189, 210, 214, 227, 233, 247-248Mentioned: 22, 64, 86, 93, 102, 138, 142. See alsolava (rock) formations: in Burial Ground, 74-76, 201; at McDermott, E.F., 29, 31 names of contractors, reactors, facilities, andChem Plant blast site, 40; in Snake River Canyon, 58; McGaraghan, Jack, 52 programs; Idaho National Engineering Laboratory;in Snake River Plain, 4-5, 10, 36, 36, 41, 161 M c G arag haIdaho National Engineering and Environmentalns Sea, 52Lawrence Radiation Laboratories, California, 200 McMillian, Fred, 66 La b o r a t o r y League of Women Voters, 211 meltdown, 165, 226 National Science Foundation (NSF), 195-196Lebanon, 2, 227 me c u ry , 123, 195 Native American artifacts, 5-7, 253rLCell, 104-105 M esr e y, Richard, 123, 164, 246 Natural Circulation Reactor (S5G), 165e v Lee, Robert, 198 Me t a llu rgical Laboratory, 22-23, 56 N a u t i l u s(prototype), 4, 70, 71-72, 128. See also Nautilus Le e , Charles, 183 Middle Butte, 4, 15, 129 (submarine); Submarine Thermal Reactor pe rLeisen, Hazel, 144, 156 Middle East, 214 N a u t i l u s(submarine), 51-53, 72, 86, 88-89, 189. See alsoLemhi mountains, 6 M i dwa y, Idaho, 14, 46 Nautilus (prototype) Leonard, Byron, 160 Midway atoll, 8 Naval Ordnance Plant, 8, 13, 32, 34-35Leverett, Mike, 96 Mink, Dr. Roy, 215 Naval Ordnance Test Facility, 17Lexington Project, 118, 126 Minuteman rocket, 126 Naval Proving Ground (NPG): family life, 11-12, 38; Li b b y, Willard F., 190, 195-196 Mississippi River, 194 ordnance research, 13-17; purpose and description of,Lichenb erg r M i s s o u r, 8, 9 i 1011, 39, 91; TNTcleanup, 247, 251; use ofte , Harold, 130-131 - Lilienthal, David, 25, 27, 34, 41, 96 Mobile Low-Power Reactor No. 1 (ML-1), 140,facilities, materiel, by NRTS, 41, 59-60, 101, 109,Lima, Ohio, 228 154-155, 165 131, 162, 170-171Lincoln Boulevard, 11, 116, 120, 192 Monsanto, 94 Naval Reactors Facility (NRF), 4, 84, 90-91, 93, 116, 165,Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR), 187. S e e Montana, 5-6, 27-28, 34, 188 189, 216also Ar gonne National Laboratory, breeder reactor; Montana State University, 167, 171 N a v y. S e eUnited States Navy Atomic Energy Commission Breeder Program; Clinch Morrison-Knudsen Company, 8, 10 NERVA, 1773 2 1'