SM-1
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This article is about the nuclear reactor. For the SM-1 missile, see Standard missile (disambiguation). For the helicopter, see PZL SM-1. For the locomotive, see VR Class Sm1.
SM-1 is a 2 MWe nuclear reactor developed for The US Army Nuclear Power Program (ANPP). It was located at Fort Belvoir, VA, and achieved first criticality in 1957 (several months before the Shippingport Reactor) It was the first US nuclear power plant to be connected to an electrical grid.
It was decommissioned in 1973.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Historic Fort Belvoir: Post-World War II: 1946 - Present". http://www.belvoir.army.mil/history.asp?id=Post-WWII.
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