PM-3A Nuclear Reactor
Antarctica /
Sector claimed by New Zealand /
MacMurdo - permanent station of the US /
World
/ Antarctica
/ Sector claimed by New Zealand
/ MacMurdo - permanent station of the US
World
abandoned / shut down, nuclear reactor, nuclear testing area
A small reactor which was part of the Army Nuclear Power Program was located here from 1962 to 1972.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Nuclear_Power_Program#List_of_ANPP_plants
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 77°51'1"S 166°40'52"E
- Tank J-5 0.3 km
- Erebus Glacier Tongue 17 km
- Dailey Islands 37 km
- Terror Point 43 km
- MacKay Cape 46 km
- Lewis Bay 62 km
- Tennyson Cape 66 km
- Briggs Hill 1210 m 86 km
- Commonwealth Glacier 87 km
- Lake Fryxell 87 km
- Beaufort Island 100 km