Talk:Arco, Idaho

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[edit] First Nuke Powered?

From the article:

Arco was the first community in the world ever to be lit by electricity generated by nuclear power. This occurred on July 17, 1955.

How does this "jive" with the history of Fort Belvoir SM-1 Nuclear Reactor:

The decommissioned 10-megawatt thermal reactor at Fort Belvoir, VA, is notable as first nuclear power reactor in the U.S. to provide electricity to a commercial power grid. It has an interesting history in that it was a test bead for various designs of portable reactors that the Navy envisioned being moved to remote locations on self-contained ships and aircraft.

http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/story16.htm

Also see this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-1

Jake b 22:25, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The link to SM-1 says it first went critical in 1957, two years after Arco was powered.

It also refers to "a commercial power grid", which the Arco instance was not. Ando228 (talk) 15:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Historial photograph

The Library of Congress is hosting a landscape photograph of Arco from 1909 that can be added to this page when there is space. It seems to be too short an article at the moment. Ando228 (talk) 15:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)