BORAX was the nuclear reactor that made history in 1955 by supplying the first electrical power to light up the town of Arco, Idaho.
During the Cold War, some American innovations developed as a result of competition with the Soviet Union. Among these was the race to be the first nation to provide peaceful power via nuclear energy. American ingenuity and super-human effort in the middle of nowhere Idaho won that contest during the winter-spring of 1954-55.
This book provides some previously untold details of the BORAX reactor and neighboring EBR-1.
The late Ray Haroldson worked on the project as an electrical engineer and the only Idaho native to have an active role with the reactor. He had the unintentional honor of "flipping the switch" to bring nuclear power to Arco.
