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| | From Obninsk Beyond: Nuclear Power Conference Looks to Future |
 | | The Obninsk reactor near Moscow was the first to be connected to an electricity grid, providing enough power for 2,000 homes. |
 | | Fifty years ago, at 5:30 pm, 26 June 1954, in the town of Obninsk, near Moscow in the former USSR, the first nuclear power plant was connected to an electricity grid to provide power to residences and businesses. |
 | | Nuclear power´s past, present and future is on the agenda, as leaders and experts from industry, government and non-governmental organizations alike reflect on lessons learnt over the past five decades, and consider improvements to electricity supply in coming decades. |
| www.iaea.org /NewsCenter/News/2004/obninsk.html (523 words) |
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