Atoms for Peace
An important page in atomic history
was written here on July 17, 1955,
when the lights of Arco were suc-
cessfully powered from atomic energy.
Chosen by the Atomic Energy Comission as
an experimental in the peaceful use of atomic
power, Arco, Idaho became the first town in
the free world to be served by electrical
energu developed from the atom. The energy
for this experiment was produced at the
National Reactor Testng Station in the
Arco desert southeast of here.
