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===Decommission and legacy=== EBR-I was deactivated by Argonne in 1964 and replaced with a new reactor, [[Experimental Breeder Reactor II]]. It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1965<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=198&ResourceType=Building|title=Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1|access-date=February 6, 2008|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110085743/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=198&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=January 10, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=66000307}}|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form |title=Experimental Breeder Reactor #1|date=June 12, 1976 |format=PDF |author=Blanche Higgins Schroer |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 22, 2009}} and {{NHLS url|id=66000307|title=''Accompanying 4 photos, from 1975.''|photos=y}} {{small|(1.43 MB)}}</ref> with its dedication ceremony held on August 25, 1966, led by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] and [[Glenn T. Seaborg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inl.gov/article/experimental-breeder-reactor-i-opens-memorial-day-weekend-for-summer-tours/ | title=EBR-I now open to the public for tours | publisher=Idaho National Laboratory | date=May 26, 2016 | access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> It was also declared an [[List of IEEE milestones|IEEE Milestone]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I,_1951 |title=Milestones:Experimental Breeder Reactor I, 1951 |work=IEEE Global History Network |publisher=IEEE |access-date=August 3, 2011}}</ref>
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