A good friend (also member here) sent me a link I thought to share here for the kids, as well as those of us of a certain vintage.
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Wyoming History: Sundance Had First Portable Nuclear Reactor In The United States
The first U.S. portable land-based nuclear reactor was packed into 16 shipping containers during the Cold War, flown to Ellsworth Air Force Base and built below Warren Peak near Sundance, Wyoming.
A small modular reactor demonstration project in Kemmerer has people in Wyoming excited for a nuclear future, but the Cowboy State has a little-known nuclear past.
Wyoming was home to the first portable land-based nuclear power plant in the United States from 1962-1968, which was transported by air and built near Sundance. It provided 1.25 megawatts of power for three large radar domes at the now-defunct Sundance Air Force Station, which helped keep America safe from Communism.
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Full story, pics & short vid
at the link here.
I knew about this stuff as a youngster but just figured they had a lot of trucks going back & forth hauling generator fuel.