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| shippingport atomic power station history: Essential History of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station - 1957 First Large-Scale Nuclear Power Plant in America, Work of Admiral Rickover, Pressurized Water Reactor, Historic American Engineering Department of Energy (DOE), National Park Service (NPS), U. S. Government, 2017-04-09 This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. It provides an authoritative history of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, which became operational in December 1957. This historic facility was the first large-scale central station nuclear power plant in the United States and the first plant of such size in the world operated solely to produce electric power; it was the first to have training classes for operators and supervisors; it was the first to use a water-cooled breeder core for a power plant. At 4:30 a.m. on December 2, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station reached criticality, becoming the Nation's first large-scale central station nuclear power plant to attain a chain reaction. In Chicago, fifteen years earlier to the day, the Italian-born Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi had achieved the world's first self-sustained chain reaction, an event which is often accepted as the beginning of the nuclear age. Fermi and his associates had reached their goal by using a simple assembly of graphite, uranium metal, uranium oxide, and wood. The Chicago Pile was an experiment designed to prove the correctness of theoretical physics. Fermi and his team knew it would produce no useful power. In contrast, the Shippingport reactor was a complicated piece of machinery, generating large amounts of heat, requiring an elaborate cooling system, depending upon materials which only fifteen years earlier had been laboratory curiosities, and relying upon sophisticated components and instruments which did not exist when Fermi conducted his experiment. The purpose of this plant was to demonstrate the feasibility of producing useful energy from the atom for civilian application and to advance civilian power reactor technology. From conception through almost all of its operating life, Shippingport was the responsibility of Admiral H. G. Rickover, The Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, often supported by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, made technical recommendations but he and his organization made the key decisions. He carried his responsibilities, however, far beyond the realm of technology. To him the purpose of Shippingport was much more than the demonstration of the engineering feasibility of using atomic power for commercial application: the station was to establish standards for training personnel and to apply procedures for safe operation. These were to set an example for industry. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Shippingport Atomic Power Station J. T. Stiefel, 1963 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Shippingport Atomic Power Station, Decommissioning , 1982 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Naval nuclear propulsion program--1983 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee, 1984 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Shippingport Atomic Power Station Operating Experience, Developments, and Future Plans P. A. Fleger, I. H. Mandil, Philip N. Ross, 1961 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1975 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1970 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1969 pt.1: Considers S. 2416 and companion H.R. 12167. Appendix includes AEC report, Analysis of Proposed Bill for Authorization of Appropriations Under Section 261 of Atomic Energy Commission Act of 1955 as Amended FY70, Apr. 15, 1969 (p. 348-438). S. Rpt. No. 91-244 on S. 2416 (June 18, 1969. 68 p.). H. Rpt. 91-315 on H.R. 12167 (June 17, 1969. 68 p.); pt.2: Appendix includes AEC reactor development justification data, (p. 1381-1489) and AEC report Operating History of U.S. Nuclear Power Reactors, (p. 1533-1607); pt.3: Focuses on AEC programs for development of medical and biological uses of radiation, archaeological studies, radioisotope development and general AEC program administration. Includes GAO report on AEC Administration and Management of the Biology and Medicine Research Program (B-165117), Apr. 16, 1969 (p. 1854-1965) |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1968 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1967 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1969 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1968 pt.1: Considers S. 2880 and companion H.R. 14905, to authorize appropriations for AEC. Focuses on general budget and reactor development program; pt.2: Continuation of hearings on AEC FY69 authorization. Appendix includes reports. a. National Accelerator Laboratory, Design Report 1968, Universities Research Associates, prepared by AEC 1968 (p. 1223-1456). b. Report of Ad Hoc Panel on Low-Beta Toroidal Plasma Research, Sept. 1967 (p. 1459-1583). c. Bronco Oil Shale Study, prepared by AEC, Interior Dept, CER Geonuclear Corp., and Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Oct. 13, 1967 (p. 1743-1813). |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1968: Reactor development program, March 14 and 15, 1967 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1967 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1972 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1971 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1968: General and physical research program, including proposed 200-BEV accelerator (Including Hearings before the Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation on Management and Scope of the Proposed 200-Bev Accelerator, February 15 and 16, 1967), January 25, February 7, 8, 9, and 28, 1967 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1967 |
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| shippingport atomic power station history: Hearings and Reports on Atomic Energy United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1946 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Nuclear Power Goes On-Line William Beaver, 1990-05-23 On May 26, 1958, the Shippingport, Pennsylvania, nuclear power station ushered in the age of the peaceful atom when it became the first nuclear power plant to go on-line. Throughout its more than three decades of operation, Shippingport encountered many of the crucial problems and issues that still confront nuclear power: policy formation, the role of government in technological innovation, technological management, environmental issues, breeder reactors, and the decommissioning of a nuclear plant. In an objective and nonprejudiced way, this book provides an accurate account of the important events in Shippingport's history and the role that they played in the future course of nuclear power. Unlike other general treatments of nuclear power, this volume presents a specific case history of one plant, with the major issues that influenced nuclear power analyzed in the context of both Shippingport and the nuclear industry as a whole. It draws on technical reports filed with the government, Congressional testimony by project head Hyman Rickover, interviews with participants in the Shippingport project, and relevant secondary sources to detail the history of one of the few successful government attempts to innovate energy technologies following World War II. The chapters trace the story of Shippingport from its beginnings, through construction, training, and management, to its final decommissioning. Other issues and influences, such as the AEC's reactor development policy and the plant's role in the adoption of the light water reactor, are also addressed. The book concludes with a general bibliography. This important new work will be a valuable resource for courses in the history of technology, public policy, technology and society, and technological management. It will also be an important addition to college, university, and public libraries. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: The First Reactor United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, 1967 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation Fiscal Year 1975 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1974 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: TMI 25 Years Later Bonnie A. Osif, Anthony John Baratta, Thomas W. Conkling, 2004 Three Mile Island burst into the nation's headlines twenty-five years ago, forever changing our view of nuclear power. The dramatic accident held the world's attention for an unsettling week in March 1979 as engineers struggled to understand what had happened and brought the damaged reactor to a safe condition. Much has been written since then about TMI, but it is not easy to find up-to-date information that is both reliable and accessible to the nonscientific reader. TMI 25 Years Later offers a much-needed &one-stop& resource for a new generation of citizens, students, and policy makers. The legacy of Three Mile Island has been far reaching. The worst nuclear accident in U.S. history marked a turning point in our policies, our perceptions, and our national identity. Those involved in the nuclear industry today study the scenario carefully and review the decontamination and recovery process. Risk management and the ability to convey risks to the general population rationally and understandably are an integral part of implementing new technologies. Political, environmental, and energy decisions have been made with TMI as a factor, and while studies reveal little environmental damage from the accident, long-term studies of health effects continue. TMI 25 Years Later presents a balanced and factual account of the accident, the cleanup effort, and the many facets of its legacy. The authors bring extensive research and writing The authors bring extensive research and writing experience to this book. After the accident and the cleanup, a significant collection of videotapes, photographs, and reports was donated to the University Libraries at Penn State University. Bonnie Osif and Thomas Conkling are engineering librarians at Penn State who maintain a database of these materials, which they have made available to the general public through an award-winning website. Anthony Baratta is a nuclear engineer who worked with the decontamination and recovery project at TMI and is an expert in nuclear accidents. The book features unique photographs of the cleanup and helpful appendixes that enable readers to investigate further various aspects of the story. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Energy Research Abstracts , 1989 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: ERDA. , 1976 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1975: Reactor research and development; reactor safety research; and applied energy technology United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1974 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Admiral Hyman Rickover Marc Wortman, 2022-01-01 A riveting exploration of the brilliant, combative, and controversial Father of the Nuclear Navy Marc Wortman delivers a 17-gun salute to this short, profane spitfire who pulled a reluctant Navy into the atomic era. . . . Wortman opens a window into the life of an intellectual titan disdainful of nearly everything except scientific honesty, his adopted nation, and the power of the atom.--Jonathan W. Jordan, Wall Street Journal Known as the Father of the Nuclear Navy, Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899-1986) remains an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. A brilliant engineer with a ferocious will and combative personality, he oversaw the invention of the world's first practical nuclear power reactor. As important as the transition from sail to steam, his development of nuclear-propelled submarines and ships transformed naval power and Cold War strategy. They still influence world affairs today. His disdain for naval regulations, indifference to the chain of command, and harsh, insulting language earned him enemies in the navy, but his achievements won him powerful friends in Congress and the White House. A Jew born in a Polish shtetl, Rickover ultimately became the longest-serving U.S. military officer in history. In this exciting new biography, historian Marc Wortman explores the constant conflict Rickover faced and provoked, tracing how he revolutionized the navy and Cold War strategy. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Civilian nuclear power program, March 4, 1971 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1971 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Safety Aspects of the Ageing and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants International Atomic Energy Agency, 1988 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Development, Growth, and State of the Atomic Energy Industry United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1959 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1968 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1974 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1973 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Popular Science , 1967-06 Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Nuclear Facility Decommissioning and Site Remedial Actions , 1980 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Rickover and the Nuclear Navy Francis Duncan, 1990 No book will ever come closer than this to providing an inside overview of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover's nuclear propulsion program. The author, an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) historian assigned to the admiral's office, spent years observing the project and its controversial leader in action, and the insights he provides here reflect both his familiarity with the subject and his ability to remain an objective observer. From 1974 to the day Rickover retired in 1982, Francis Duncan had free access to files, documents, and personnel at every level of involvement--a rare, never-to-be-repeated opportunity that most historians dream of but few get. And, as this book clearly shows, he took full advantage of the situation to gain a unique understanding of exactly how the program operated. The result is a thorough, balanced record of what may well be the U.S. Navy's and the nation's most important and far-reaching project of the twentieth century. Knowing that facts and figures alone don't tell the entire story, Duncan talked to scores of people who dealt with day-to-day operations, watched men in prototype training and then accompanied them to sea, visited civilian and naval installations, and had close contact with Rickover himself. He also interviewed former U.S. presidents, secretaries of the navy, chiefs of naval operations, AEC chairmen, and legislative leaders who kept tabs on the projects but were removed from daily activities. Never once, the author says, did the admiral attempt to interfere with his research, nor did Rickover read the manuscript. While the focus here is on the nuclear program, not the man, this book does provide fascinating insights into Rickover's personality and his efforts to maintain standards of excellence that would assure the program's safety and its ultimate success. Using one of the admiral's favorite terms, the discipline of technology, to demonstrate the method of technological application advocated by Rickover, Duncan effectively balances technical detail with astute analysis and even drama. Filled with information not found elsewhere, his study is a valuable chronicle of the development of submarine propulsion reactors, the loss of the Thresher, the struggle over the application of nuclear propulsion to surface fleet, and the use of the Shippingport Atomic Power Plant to illustrate the feasibility of a light-water breeder reactor. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Restricted Data Alex Wellerstein, 2024-04-23 The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post–Cold War present. The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered scientific facts that made such powerful weapons possible. The totalizing scientific secrecy that the atomic bomb appeared to demand was new, unusual, and very nearly unprecedented. It was foreign to American science and American democracy—and potentially incompatible with both. From the beginning, this secrecy was controversial, and it was always contested. The atomic bomb was not merely the application of science to war, but the result of decades of investment in scientific education, infrastructure, and global collaboration. If secrecy became the norm, how would science survive? Drawing on troves of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time through the author’s efforts, Restricted Data traces the complex evolution of the US nuclear secrecy regime from the first whisper of the atomic bomb through the mounting tensions of the Cold War and into the early twenty-first century. A compelling history of powerful ideas at war, it tells a story that feels distinctly American: rich, sprawling, and built on the conflict between high-minded idealism and ugly, fearful power. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Overview of the Military Retirement System United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Military Personnel and Compensation Subcommittee, 1984 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: ORNL-EIS , 1981 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Nuclear Science Abstracts , 1975 NSA is a comprehensive collection of international nuclear science and technology literature for the period 1948 through 1976, pre-dating the prestigious INIS database, which began in 1970. NSA existed as a printed product (Volumes 1-33) initially, created by DOE's predecessor, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). NSA includes citations to scientific and technical reports from the AEC, the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and its contractors, plus other agencies and international organizations, universities, and industrial and research organizations. References to books, conference proceedings, papers, patents, dissertations, engineering drawings, and journal articles from worldwide sources are also included. Abstracts and full text are provided if available. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: The Rickover Effect Theodore Rockwell, 2002 Originally published: [Annapolis, Md.]: Naval Institute Press, c1992. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: SuperFuel Richard Martin, 2012-05-08 In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Martin introduces thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Reports to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on Nuclear Power Reactor Technology U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1953 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: AEC Authorizing Legislation, Fiscal Year 1973 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1972 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Major Activities in the Atomic Energy Programs U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1958 |
| shippingport atomic power station history: Semiannual Report of the Atomic Energy Commission U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1956 |
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