Throwback Thursday – Let There Be Light
Posted by on December 18, 2014
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than 60 years ago this Saturday, a string of bulbs lit up at Argonne
National Laboratory. What was the big deal? The electricity used to
power the bulbs was generated by an experimental breeder reactor and was
the first electricity produced using the heat of nuclear fission.Photo from the Department of Energy
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