Crackle and pop.

Okay, here's one for the books: On this day in 1957 the first atomic power station opened at Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Called "the world’s first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses"

Built by the Duquesne Light Company the first reactor went critical the beginning of December and the first watt of power ran through the wires on December 18th. The plant was built under the Atoms for Peace program of President Dwight Eisenhower.

It ran until 1982 when it was decommissioned and taken apart. A new plant,the Beaver County Power Station, was built adjacent to the old site and continues to run today.