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The city hall at Arco Idaho The first city in the world to be lit by atomic power Stock Photo - Alamy
Senator Mike Crapo on Twitter: "On this day in 1955, BORAX III, an experimental nuclear reactor, allowed the City of Arco, Idaho, to become the first city lit solely by nuclear power.
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