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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Shippingport Atomic Power Station canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ