Idaho National Laboratory: America Built Nuclear Power in Idaho First. Now It's Doing It Again
August 06, 2026
August 06, 2026
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release:
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America built nuclear power in Idaho first. Now it's doing it again.
American researchers and engineers first split the atom for usable electricity in Idaho. They built the reactor prototype of the nation's first nuclear submarine there. They raised more than 50 one-of-a-kind reactors on an 890-square-mile stretch of Idaho . . .
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America built nuclear power in Idaho first. Now it's doing it again.
American researchers and engineers first split the atom for usable electricity in Idaho. They built the reactor prototype of the nation's first nuclear submarine there. They raised more than 50 one-of-a-kind reactors on an 890-square-mile stretch of Idaho . . .