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On This Day in 1951, Four Illuminated Lightbulbs in Idaho Were Evidence of the First Time a Nuclear Power Plant Generated Electricity
But the future looked bright from the small brick building outside of Arco, Idaho. Development of the ... indication of the ...
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68 years ago, on this day: Arco, Idaho becomes first town in the world to be powered by nuclear energy
ARCO, Idaho — Arco, a small town in eastern Idaho, made history on July 17, 1955, after it became the first in the world to be powered solely through nuclear energy when the Borax-III reactor ...
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1st breeder reactor generates electricity, December 20, 1951
The EBR-I (experimental breeder reactor I) nuclear power plant first generated electricity on December 20, 1951 in Arco, Idaho. It produced enough electricity to light four 200-W light bulbs, and a ...
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Do you know how a Navy test range became the world’s premier nuclear lab?
Towns like Idaho Falls, Arco ... in the history of nuclear energy occurred on the site. On Dec. 20, 1951, the Experimental Breeder Reactor became the world's first power plant to produce ...