Arco Idaho Nuclear Power Plant. Arco was the first community in the world ever to be lit by electricity generated solely by nuclear power. It was in the spring of 1955, more than 50 years ago.
The facility, a national historic landmark where usable electricity was first generated from nuclear energy in 1951, is open to the public. The main street of arco today includes a small museum that commemorates that historical event. Today, all but three reactors have been decommissioned, and employment levels at the lab have precipitously dropped over recent years.
However, our nation’s understanding of nuclear power came at a cost.
Home of the atomic burger the menu at pickle's place proudly boasts: Power plants must maintain critical staffing levels, or face fines from the federal energy regulatory commission (ferc) and the nuclear regulatory commission (nrc). N ot long after dropping the first two nuclear bombs on japan, the united states began to devise ways of applying its innovations in atomic science to making not only weapons but energy. Highway 20/26 between idaho falls and arco.