Talk:Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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[edit] Contradiction?

What's with the date convention in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.162.77.10 (talk) 20:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

It says:

It began operating on December 2, 1957 [...]

Ground was broken in 1954 at a dedication ceremony attended by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who opened the Shippingport atomic power station on May 26, 1958 as part of his Atoms for Peace program.

Was it operating before being opened? Ben ^T/_{C 08:09, August 22, 2005 (UTC)}

According to the ASME article, it went critical and generated power in "test" mode before formally "opening".--J Clear 23:38, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

In all cases, a new nuclear reactor achieves intial criticality and extensive testing is performed prior to declaring the unit to be in "commercial operation". Commercial operation is when the unit has been tested and is supplying power to the grid for profit. Shippingport was operating but not yet commercial. 04/21/08

[edit] Site clean up

"The site has been cleaned up and released for unrestricted use." Does that refer to a web site, post 9/11 or to the physical site on the Ohio River? If the latter, when was the plant decomissioned, cleaned up, etc. In either case it needs clarification.--J Clear 17:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Answered my own question.--J Clear 18:37, 24 June 2006 (UTC)