Shippingport Atomic Power Station

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Shippingport_Atomic_Power_Station
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:commissioned December 2, 1957
gptkbp:constructionStartYear September 6, 1954
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned October 1, 1982
gptkbp:decommissioningBegan 1982
gptkbp:decommissioningCompleted 1989
gptkbp:demolished 1989
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation
gptkbp:finalElectricalCapacity 100 MW
gptkbp:firstCommercialNuclearPowerPlantInUS true
gptkbp:gridConnection December 18, 1957
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first commercial central electric-generating station in the United States to use nuclear energy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shippingport Atomic Power Station
gptkbp:initialElectricalCapacity 60 MW
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Ohio_River
gptkbp:location gptkb:Shippingport,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:notableFor first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Duquesne_Light_Company
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:reactorFuel low-enriched uranium
thorium (in later years)
gptkbp:reactorSupplier gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation
gptkbp:reactorType gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:usedFor electricity generation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5