Further down Hwy 26 from EBR1 (the world’s first working nuclear reactor) is Atomic City, Idaho a ghost town on the edge of the Idaho National Laboratory. The small town had a population of 140 in 1960 and then decreased to 20 and after THE WORLD’S FIRST DEADLY NUCLEAR ACCIDENT. WHAAT?! Atomic City (previously… Read more »
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As we travelled down Highway 26 after leaving Craters of the Moon National Monument, we drove through a small town with a population of 900. We passed this sign on a building: WHAAAT?! It turns out the first working nuclear reactors were part of a large nuclear research facility in the desert of southeastern Idaho,… Read more »
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My husband and I were driving from Oregon to Iowa and stumbled on some (nerdy, scientific) interesting things. A sign on Hwy 26 led us to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve which is 750,000 acres of lava rocks (about 1/3 the size of Yellowstone National Park): There is no… Read more »
Shelley Jones Clark
