Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the first full-scale commercial nuclear power plant in the United States and a landmark project that launched the nation’s civilian nuclear energy program.

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instanceOf commercial nuclear power plant
nuclear power plant
pressurized water reactor
announcedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower
announcedYear 1953
breedingRatio greater than 1 (for LWBR core)
builder Duquesne Light Company
connectedToGridDate 1957-12-18
connectedToUtilityGridOf Duquesne Light Company
constructionStartDate 1954-09-09
coolingSource Ohio River
coreDesign seed-and-blanket core
country United States
decommissioningEndDate 1989
decommissioningStartDate 1982
designedBy Westinghouse Electric Corporation
electricalCapacity_MWe 60
firstCriticalityDate 1957-12-02
fuelType enriched uranium
thorium (in later core)
gridConnectionVoltage_kV 138
historicalDesignation nuclear energy landmark
initiatedUnder Atoms for Peace program
laterCoreDesign light water breeder reactor core
locatedIn Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Shippingport, Pennsylvania
locatedOnRiver Ohio River
moderator light water
officialOpeningDate 1958-05-26
operatedBy Duquesne Light Company
operatorType public–private partnership
ownedBy United States Atomic Energy Commission
primaryCoolant light water
program U.S. civilian nuclear energy program
purpose demonstration of civilian nuclear power
reactorSupplier Westinghouse Electric Corporation
reactorType pressurized water reactor
reactorVesselManufacturer Westinghouse Electric Corporation
recognizedAs Nuclear Historic Landmark
recognizedBy American Nuclear Society
shutdownDate 1982-10-01
significance first full-scale commercial nuclear power plant in the United States
first large-scale central-station nuclear power plant dedicated to peaceful purposes
siteReturnedToGreenfield true
status decommissioned
successorFacilityOnSite Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
thermalCapacity_MWt 236
thermalReactor true

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United States nuclear energy program historicalMilestone Shippingport Atomic Power Station
United States nuclear energy program firstCommercialPlant Shippingport Atomic Power Station