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Created: 2025-07-17 13:51:22 UTC

🗣️ EXTRA! EXTRA!  
 
ARCO, IDAHO, BECOMES WORLD’S FIRST TOWN POWERED BY ATOMIC ENERGY  
 
On this day XX years ago, @Argonne National Laboratory’s BORAX-III reactor made headlines when it provided all the electricity for the town’s XXXXX residents for over an hour.
 
It was the first time in history an entire town had been powered solely by nuclear energy.

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XXXXX engagements

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