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Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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Opened 1957
Locations Shippingport
Pennsylvania
Construction cost72. 5 million USD
Operator Duquesne Light Company
Units decommissioned1 × 60 MWe (68 MLWth)
Construction beganSeptember 6, 1954
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1231886
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About Shippingport Atomic Power Station


The Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the world's first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses. It was located near the present-day Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 25 miles from Pittsburgh.

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