Join us as we visit the birthplace of nuclear power in the tiny town of Arco, Idaho. We’ll also tell you how it all went wrong just a few years later with the United States’ first (and only) fatal nuclear explosion.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – 1st Town Nuclear Powered
02:05 – World’s 1st Nuclear Powered Plant
03:30 – Push the Button
05:07 – Control Room
06:14 – Reactor Core
08:25 – 1st Mechanical Arms
10:50 – Atomic City
12:28 – Explosion
13:54 – Atomic Burger
15:23 – Submarine
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19 Comments
Nathan, this video was interesting and fantastic! Made me read up on nuclear power. It seems the plants built today would be way safer than the ones built in the 70s. I think we need more of these in the US to help with the high load on our grid. 👍
I thought Shippingport Pennsylvania in 1957 was the first. Thanks for the update. Hopefully that facility will be upgraded to a thorium molten salt reactor. Not pressurized, cannot blow up. Molybdenum 99. Xenon for interstellar space travel. Excess heat for water, desalinization
Very cool and interesting content! Thank you for sharing!
I was in France 2 weeks ago. One of our tour guides said France is 70% powered by nuclear.
My husband worked at a Nuclear Power Plant for 35 years. It is probably the most highly regulated industry in the United States and it is a dying one. Nobody is building new nukes because of the high cost. Some utilities are actually shutting down their plants. It is one of the few sustainable energy source we have. If that 20% goes away 66,600,000 people will be with out sustainable power. Thanks for giving an honest viewpoint of the industry.
At my first grade open house, my teacher leaned in toward my mom, and with a smile said,"I heard you just turned 29." 😅
I didn't realize what was going on till years later.
Enjoyed the video. My husband works on Nuclear Power Plants around the country. We love it! Nuke life has taken us on lots of adventures.
Remember, Nuclear power generates tons of highly radioactive ☢️ waste that we have no place to safely store. Nuclear is dirty energy.
So called small nuclear reactors being developed now are just as dirty.
No Nukes! Clean solar and wind are plentiful. Combine them with battery 🔋 storage and you have clean renewable energy.
Great information! We visited Arco, ate delicious hamburgers at Pickles, and hiked all over Crater of the Moon National National Monument; however, we missed out by not visiting the nuclear museum. Now, we will have to go back.
The SL-1 wasn't the follow up to the EBR-1, the EBR-2 was. It ran for 30 years and even did a test to show it was meltdown proof. The SL-1 was a janky army reactor.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and informative video. Blessings
Very interesting.
It looks like you are on your own private tour! I love the kids “pew pew” laser fight!
Thanks for sharing this adventure. I grew up in Orange County, CA and we had the Twin San Onofre Nuclear plants that ran for decades without a hitch so I have always had a positive opinion on nuclear power. We would be energy independent today if we had embraced it instead of demonizing it in the 70's.
Great video! Nice learning about the first nuclear power station and where it was at. I never knew this before. But this is great information and a great part of history. Thank you for such a great video. Nice to to Arco, Idaho. Nice small town. Have a great week and see you next week.
So do you guys not need night lights now. Just kidding, I'm sure the radiation is gone now. Interesting place. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
Great video, we will have to add it to our list!
Dave the sail that you showed was from the SSN 666 submarine not the diesel boat.
@3:50 – The wand laying directly to the right of the unit is probably what you are supposed to use to interact with that exhibit, would be my guess. Grew up in Montana, but spent nearly two decades in Idaho. Very familiar with driving through that part of the State, as I transit between family/friends in both places. Super dope that you are highlighting (yes, I did) Arco, as I only found out about it the first time I drove through back in the late 90s.