Shippingport Atomic Power Station
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Shippingport /
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Shippingport
World / United States / Pennsylvania
place with historical importance, abandoned / shut down, dismantled, nuclear power plant
This is the former site of the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. The plant has long since been decommissioned.
The first commercial central electric-generating station in the United States to use nuclear energy was the Shippingport Atomic Power Station of the Department of Energy and the Duquesne Light Company. In a dramatic high-tech display, ground was broken in 1954 during dedication ceremonies by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who also opened it on May 26, 1958, as part of his "Atoms for Peace" program. Shippingport is located on the Ohio River about 25 miles from Pittsburgh. The reactor plant was designed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in cooperation with the Division of Naval Reactors of the Atomic Energy Commission.
The design effort had been redirected to peace-time power generation from a large-scale light water reactor for a proposed aircraft carrier. Constructed to advance nuclear fission technology in general, the plant was flexible in accommodating cores of different types. Various manufacturers with different designs and materials for components were used. Water in the primary system, heated by nuclear fission, flows to the heat exchanging system, which absorbs the heat. This heat turns water in the secondary system, a relatively low pressure system, to steam. This steam is sent to the turbine generator to drive the turbine.
The first power at Shippingport was produced on December 18, 1957, and was fed into the grid for the Pittsburgh area.
The first commercial central electric-generating station in the United States to use nuclear energy was the Shippingport Atomic Power Station of the Department of Energy and the Duquesne Light Company. In a dramatic high-tech display, ground was broken in 1954 during dedication ceremonies by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who also opened it on May 26, 1958, as part of his "Atoms for Peace" program. Shippingport is located on the Ohio River about 25 miles from Pittsburgh. The reactor plant was designed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in cooperation with the Division of Naval Reactors of the Atomic Energy Commission.
The design effort had been redirected to peace-time power generation from a large-scale light water reactor for a proposed aircraft carrier. Constructed to advance nuclear fission technology in general, the plant was flexible in accommodating cores of different types. Various manufacturers with different designs and materials for components were used. Water in the primary system, heated by nuclear fission, flows to the heat exchanging system, which absorbs the heat. This heat turns water in the secondary system, a relatively low pressure system, to steam. This steam is sent to the turbine generator to drive the turbine.
The first power at Shippingport was produced on December 18, 1957, and was fed into the grid for the Pittsburgh area.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shippingport_Reactor
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°37'15"N 80°26'9"W
- Bruce Nuclear Generating Station 425 km
- Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 839 km
- Allens Creek Nuclear Plant and Reservoir 1868 km
- Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station 2975 km
- Columbia Generating Station 3173 km
- Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant 7787 km
- Kursk Nuclear Power Plant 8045 km
- South Ural Nuclear Power Plant 8702 km
- DNPP 9213 km
- Barakah Nuclear Power Plant 11336 km
- Greene Township 3.2 km
- Industry, Pennsylvania 4.8 km
- Raccoon Township 6.1 km
- Ohioville, Pennsylvania 7.7 km
- Beaver County, Pennsylvania 10 km
- Brighton Township 11 km
- Center Township 12 km
- Independence Township 13 km
- South Beaver Township 16 km
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 41 km