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Physical decommissioning of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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OSTI ID:6809006
The Shippingport Atomic Power Station consists of the nuclear steam supply system and associated radioactive waste processing systems, which are owned by the United States Department of Energy (USDOE), and the turbine-generator and balance of plant which is owned by the Duquesne Light Company. The station is located at Shippingport, Pennsylvania on seven acres of land leased by USDOE from the Duquesne Light Company. The Shippingport Station Decommissioning Project (SSDP) is being managed for the USDOE by the General Electric Company and its integated subcontractor, Morrison Knudsen-Ferguson (MK-F) Company. The objectives of the Shippingport Station Decommissioning Project (SSDP) are to: Demonstrate the safe and cost effective dismantlement of a large scale nuclear power plant; Provide useful data for future decommissioning projects.
Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Shippingport, PA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-84RL10421; AC06-76RL01857
OSTI ID:
6809006
Report Number(s):
DOE/SSDP-0045; CONF-880903-26; ON: DE88016690
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English