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Atomic power first produced electricity in Idaho test
In December 1951 at Argonne near Idaho Falls engineers linked a molten metal cooled reactor to a turbine and lit four 110 volt bulbs. The event marked the first generation of atomic electric power and the site is now a national historic landmark.
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Leonard Koch
Idaho
Ilinois Power Co
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Argonne National Laboratory
Idaho Falls
Walter Zinn
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