World’s first nuclear power plant opened 58 years ago

World’s first nuclear power plant opened 58 years ago: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/06/june-27-1954-worlds-first-nuclear-power-plant-opens/ ..."1954: The first nuclear power plant to be connected to an external grid goes operational in Obninsk, outside of Moscow.
The nuclear reactor, used to generate electricity, heralded Obninsk’s new role as a major Soviet scientific city, a status it retains in the Russian Federation where it carries the sobriquet of First Russian Science City."... see also: http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf45.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obninsk_Nuclear_Power_Plant