Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Isla mar ahaantaana, shaybaarkani wuxuu gacan ka geystay naqshadaynta mashiinka wax soo saarka ee markabka hoostiisa mara ee nukliyeerka ku shaqeeya ee ugu horreeya adduunka, U.S.S. "Nautilus", oo u safray in ka badan 513,550 mayl badda (951,090 km). Qalabkii ugu dambeeyay ee laga sameeyay waxa uu ahaa Qalabka Biyaha Kulul ee Tijaabada ah, oo ah kii ugu horreeyay ee warshadaha nukliyeerka ee casriga ah, iyo Qalabka Tijaabada ah ee Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II), kaas oo lagu qaboojiyey sodium, oo ay ku jiraan xarun dib u warshadeynta shidaalka. EBR-II waxaa markii dambe wax laga beddelay si loo tijaabiyo naqshado kale oo reactor ah, oo ay ku jiraan reactor-ka degdegga ah ee degdegga ah iyo, 1982, Fikradda Reaktorka Degdegga ah ee Integral - naqshad casri ah oo dib u habeyn ku sameysay shidaalkeeda, yareysay qashinka atomiga ah waxayna ka soo baxday tijaabooyin badbaado oo isku mid ah khaladaadka sababay Chernobyl iyo
Musiibooyinka ka dhacday jasiirada Three Mile. Sanadkii 1994, si kastaba ha ahaatee, Kongareeska Maraykanku wuxuu joojiyay maalgelinta barnaamijyada nukliyeerka ee Argonne.