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The bronze Nuclear Power Plant Plaque is about 45 cm × 60 cm (18 in × 24 in) in size, and is secured to a large vertical rock halfway up the west side of Observation Hill, at the former site of the PM-3A nuclear power reactor at McMurdo Station. The inscription details the achievements of Antarctica's first nuclear power plant.
There was interest in the possible application of nuclear power to land-based military needs as early as 1952. A memo from the Secretary of Defense, dated 10 February 1954, assigned the Army the responsibility for "developing nuclear power plants to supply heat and electricity at remote and relatively inaccessible military installations."
McMurdo Station: power reactor Shut down 1,800 1962 ... ESSOR Nuclear Plant Ispra: Heavy Water Under Decommissioning 43,000 1967-03-19 Jamaica. Name Location
The sound serves as a resupply route for cargo ships and airplanes that land on floating ice airstrips near McMurdo Station. The McMurdo seasonal Ice Runway was operated from October to December from the 1950s to the 2010s, then in December the ice breaks up and McMurdo port is opened by an Icebreaker ship and ships can resupply the Antarctic ...
Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again in a backup emergency fuel line. Small cracks have ...
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant stands in the middle of the Susquehanna River on Oct. 10, 2024, near Middletown, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
Mývatn Research Station: Mývatn Iceland 1975 Netherlands Arctic Station, Univ Groningen [25] Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway Netherlands 1995 Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station: Kaffiøyra, Svalbard, Norway Poland 1975 2 0 Station Nord: Princess Ingeborg Peninsula, Greenland Denmark 1952 25 5 Northeast Science Station [26] Chersky, Sakha
During a tour Wednesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission showed News 8 where work stands to reopen the Palisades nuclear plant in Covert Township, including a steam generator which still needs ...