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Electric Power Produced from Nuclear Reactor

December 20, 1951
Arco, ID
Electric Power Produced from Nuclear Reactor

The Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 located at the National Reactor Testing Station near Arco, Idaho, produces the first electric power from a nuclear reactor.

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