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  • Arco, Idaho: 68 years ago

    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 2 02:58:13 2024
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    Title: 68 years ago, on this day: Arco, Idaho becomes first town in the world to
    be powered by nuclear energy
    Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 22:56:41 -0500
    Link: https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/65-years-ago-arco-idaho-becomes-first-town-in-the-world-to-be-powered-by-nuclear-energy/277-0cf25b38-0bbf-4c68-b806-18d2a86597b8

    Arco was named after Georg Von Arco, a German scientist who specialized in radio
    transmission. Before then, it was named Root Hog for reasons unknown.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Mon Jan 1 22:16:47 2024
    On Tue, 02 Jan 2024 02:58:13 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    68 years ago, on this day: Arco, Idaho becomes first town in the world to
    be powered by nuclear energy

    When the reactor powered up, conventional power, created by the Utah
    Power and Light Company, was slowly replaced by nuclear power.

    The test lasted about an hour until Arco's electricity was fed from
    the Utah Power and Light Company again.

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