b'I N D EXradioactive waste, 74, 77, 137, 166, 217, 252; from REMs (roentgen equivalent man), 60 Shoshone-Bannock people, 3, 5-7reprocessing spent fuel, 26, 51, 94, 98, 102-105, 172; Remote Analytical Facility (RAF), 97 Simpson, John, 51, 53, 71liquid, 82-84, 103, 169, 200, 220; Snake River Re u t he r, Wa l te r, 152 Site, the. See National Reactor Testing Station. Aquifer issue, 198-203, 206-211, 219-221; solid, at R e xb u g, Idaho, 43, 120 Sixth Supplemental National defense Appropriation A ctrNRTS Burial Ground, 74-85, 197-203, 206, 219-220; Rice, Chuck, 173, 176, 181 of 1942, 8as states rights issue, 62-63, 199. See also calcine; Richardson, Bill, 254-255 SL-1. S e eStationary Low-Power Reactor No. 1 ov er , Hyman, 30, 94, 192; first criticality of S1W, 52,EBR-II; Fuel Cycle Facility; Hanford; IFR; R ic k Sl a n s k y, Cyril, 208Radioactive Waste Management Complex: Rocky 69, 71-73; influence on Shaw, 174, 176; and Nautilus Smithsonian Institution, 184Flats Fuel Fabricating Facility; Waste Calcine Facility program, 51, 52; philosophy of training, 89-90, 92-93 Smithsonian magazine, 207Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC), 197, Robins, C.A., 30-32, 34, 41-43, 60, 62 Smylie, Robert, 62-63, 126, 161, 187-188, 192203, 207, 210-211 Robinson, Clark, 13-14 Snake River, 6, 33, 40, 58, 198, 212, 216Radiological Assistance Plan, 143 Robison, W.L., 60-61 Snake River Alliance, 220-221, 254radium, 18, 73 rocket propulsion, 127 Snake River Canyon, 58Raft River Pilot Plant (geothermal energy project), 213, Rocky Flats Fuel Fabricating Facility, 221, 227, 244, 254; Snake River Plain, 4-6, 206, 208, 210-211215-216, 248, 250 waste shipment to NRTS, 78-82, 201-202, 210; Snake River Plain A q u i f e r. S e eA q u i f e r, Snake RiveriRaft River (area of Idaho), 212-215 plutonium fire of 1969, 197-198; retrieval of waste Pl an.Raft River Rural Electrical Cooperative, 212, 216 barrels, 202-203 Snake River Trout Farm, 190Rainbow Five, 8 roentgen(s), 112, 156, 170 SNAPTRAN, 164-165RaLa (radioactive lanthanum-140), 96-98, 101,104-105 Rogers Hotel, 34, 36, 38, 58, 60, 180, 224 S o lb e rg, E.J., 30 R amey, James, 188 Ro o n e y, Fred, 187-188 South Africa, 249Rapid Geophysical Surveyor, 250 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 22 South Carolina, 189R a y, Dixie Lee, 206-208, 217-218, 222 Rosegate, 7 South Dakota, 28reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA), 225 Rotary clubs, 34, 36, 40, 211 South Idaho Pre s s, 198 Reactivity Measurement Facility (RMF), 111- 112 Russia, 122, 249 Soviet Union. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republicsreactor concepts, 217, 232-233; boiling water, 128-132, Rutledge, Gene, 189-191, 194-196, 198-199 Spalding, Eliza, 7134, 138, 197; cavity (gas core), 127; gas cooled, 140, S 1 W. S e eSubmarine Thermal Reactor. Space port, 254154-155, 177; lithium cooled, 189; organic cooled, S5G, 91-92, 165, 238 Sparks, Walter C., 113 163, 166, 189; pressurized water, 134, 197, 230; water Safety Test Engineering Program (STEP), 134, 164, 177, Special Isotope Separation (SIS), 227-228cooled, 114, 163, 184; water moderated, 162, 177, 1 8118Special Power Excursion Reactor Tests No. 1-4 (SPERT- I-2184, 195, 231, 233. See also reactor(s); names of Salmon, Idaho, 172, 190 to -IV): evolution of program, 133-134, 154, 165,r e a ctor sSalt Lake City, Utah, 53 225-226; results of tests, 134, 147, 178. Mentioned,reactor cores. See names of reactors; (Naval Reactors Sandia National Laboratory, 230 140, 196Facility) Expended Core Facility; fuel(s), nuclear San Jose, California, 127 Special Response Team, 2, 7, 227reactor vessel: EBR-I, 45; HTRE-3, 123; SL-1, 139-141, Samoa atoll, 8 Specific Manufacturing Capability (SMC, Project X),147, 149, 157 Samuelson, Don, 179, 184, 189; promotes nuclear energy , 22- 298 2reactor(s): AEC siting policy for, 26-27; control rod, 160- 189-191; fights for MTR, 194-196; Task Force re spent nuclear fuel. S e efuel, spent nuclear161, 174, 251; coolant, 51, 53, 82, 92, 128; decline in injection well, 198-199, 201, 206 Spherical Cavity Reactor Critical Experiment, 127research on, 196-197; first, 20-23;generate Savannah River, South Carolina, 96, 103-104, 172 Spickard, John, 144, 156e l e c t r i c i t y, 66, 132; influence of MTR on design, 109; S c h e ne ct a dy , 38, 158 Sputnik, 126hl e n depotential in Idaho, 204; purpose of early NRTS, 44- Scr, Edwin, 212, 214 State Highways. See Highway 20; Highway 20/2653; shielding studies, 53, 66-68, 70. See also names of Sc h e i r State Hospital South, 32 l s ng e , James, 218, 219reactors; radiation; Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, Schmaltz, Bruce, 83 St. Louis, Missouri, 94fuel reprocessing; excursion (nuclear); fuel(s), Sc h o o n o v er , A.J., and Sons, 40 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 226 nuclear; nuclear power plant; radioactivity; loss-of- S c i e n c emagazine, 183 Stationary Low-Power Reactor No. 1 (SL-1), 177, 200;coolant accident; Safety Test Engineering Program; Scott A ir -Pak(s), 75, 143 history of, and accident, 138-149; impact of accident,m si l7Se ca e Scoville, John A., 11 1 5 0 -1 5 reactor(s), breeder. See Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, - scram, 66, 128, 130, 135 Stationary Medium-Power Reactor No. 1, 141II; Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor; Integral Fast Seabees, 141 S t e i g er , Susan, 215Reactor; Clinch River S e a bog, Glenn, 184, 188, 189, 192, 195; and breeder St o ke , Roger, 215r rreactors(s), commercial. See nuclear power plants, r e ac t or , 184-186; and removal of waste from Idaho, Strauss, Lewis, 25, 27 commercial industry; names of reactors 201; and suppressed report, 199 Submarine Thermal Reactor (S1W, STR), 4, 38-39, 84;reactor(s), prototype. See names of reactors (Submarine S e a w o, 88 l f first criticality, 69-72; Nautilus prototype, 51-53;Thermal Reactor; A1 W; S5G); United States A r my Semiscale, 181-182, 222, 224 nuclear submarine training, 88-93;Power Demonstration Reactor Program Sellafield, UK, 250 Subsurface Disposal Area, 77reactor(s), zero- or low-power, 64, 111, 115, 128, 133, 137, 710 reactor, the, 127 Sun Val ley , Idaho, 108177. See alsoMobile Low-Power Reactor No. 1. severe fuel damage (SFD), 225 Superbomb, 40Reactor Test Facility, 48 S ha w, Milton, 174, 192-194, 218, 222; and Phillips, 176- Superfund Site, 246, 250 R e a d e rs Digest, 207 177; and LOFT, 179-183; and breeder program, 184- Sutton, Mark L., 99-100Reclamation Act of 1902, 7, 198 187, 189, 217, 232 Sutton, Tom, 29Reagan, Ronald, 216, 226, 232 Sheehan, Gary, 22 Se i l y, Pennsylvania (coal), 113 wckRegistered National Historic Landmark, 192 Shield Test Pool Facility (SUSIE),Sylvania Electric Products Company, 109Reid, Don, 94, 98-99, 104 Shinkolobwe mine, 18, 22 Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP), 164, 158R E L A P, 226, 230 Shippingport Atomic Power Station, 72, 89 Table Rock Mesa, Boise, 153 2 3'