Nuclear power

Electricity was generated for the first time by a nuclear reactor at the Experimental Breeder Reactor I at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho. It was nicknamed ZIP, for "Zinn's Infernal Pile", after Walter Henry Zinn, the man who built it.

"Reactors: Modern-Day Alchemy." Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory. 19 Feb. 2008 .