Idaho Falls, Idaho: First Light Bulb Lit by Atomic Power
Museum collection of much more, but we'd like to see their first light bulb lit by a nuclear reactor fueled with plutonium.
Museum of Idaho
- Address:
- 200 N. Eastern Ave., Idaho Falls, ID
- Directions:
- Museum of Idaho. Corner of Eastern Ave. and Elm St.
- Hours:
- M-Tu 9-8, W-Sa 9-5 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 208-522-1400
- Admission:
- Adults $9
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On display at the Museum of Idaho are light bulbs from 1963, the first to be lit by a nuclear reactor fueled with plutonium.
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