Bannock County Idaho: The Nation's Alternative Energy Birthplace
BY:
Andrea Johnson
Exceptional Business Environment Ensures Industry Flourishes - Eastern Idaho has a long, rich history of advocating alternative energy. Back in 1949, after an exhaustive nationwide search, the Atomic Energy Commission chose eastern Idaho to be the home of today’s Idaho National Laboratory. Here, the nation’s best and brightest engineers and scientists explored the potential of the only recognized alternative energy of the time – nuclear power. Two years later, in December, 1951, their efforts resulted in the first-ever nuclear-power produced electricity. more....