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military funding for long-range research and development because of the Vietnam War led the AEC to phase out its support of the program in 1966. The costs of developing and producing compact nuclear power plants were so high that they could be justified only if the reactor had a unique capability and filled a clearly defined objective backed by DOD. After that, the Army's participation in nuclear power plant research and development efforts steadily declined and eventually stopped altogether.
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overhead bridge crane drive shaft. The vessel settled back into its original location, leaving little evidence of this except scattered debris. The spray of water and steam knocked two operators onto the floor, killing one and severely injuring another. One of the loose shield plugs on top of the reactor vessel impaled the third man through his groin and exited his shoulder, pinning him to the ceiling.The victims were Army
1027: 580: 444:, Greenland. Initial criticality October 3, 1960. The first "portable" nuclear power reactor. Brought to Greenland in parts, assembled, operated, disassembled, shipped back to United States. The PM-2A in Camp Century was designed by the American Locomotive Company to demonstrate the ability to assemble a nuclear power plant from prefabricated components in a remote, arctic location. PM-2A operated at a 122: 477:: first closed cycle gas turbine. Initial criticality was on March 30, 1961. Designed for 300 kW, but only achieved 140 kW. Operated for only a few hundred hours of testing. The ML-1 was designed by Aerojet General Corporation to test an integrated reactor package that was transportable by military semi-trailers, railroad flatcars, and barges. This reactor was shut down in 1965. 497:, Wyoming. Owned by the Air Force, this pressurized water reactor was used to power a radar station. Initial criticality was on February 25, 1962. The PM-1 was designed by the Martin Company and provided electric power to the 731st Radar Squadron of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). This plant was shut down in 1968. PM-1 operated at a uranium-235 enrichment of 93 percent. 524:
Army, but was under the NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command), the shore-based power division of the US Navy. Although the majority of the personnel were Navy, the PM-3A was a tri-service stationing. For 1970-1971, there was an Army sergeant and an Air Force sergeant stationed with the crew. The plant was air-cooled with the condensers and fan units running glycol.
456:, the General Manager of the AEC, temporarily prevented the startup of the PM-2A until an interlock could be installed on the central control rod. While the interlock could be operated by personnel, General Luedecke would have to be notified first. The PM-2A was the only reactor besides SL-1 that had a central control rod that could startup the reactor on its own. 613:. The MH-1A had an elaborate analog-computer-powered simulator installed at the Training Division, USAERG, Ft. Belvoir. The MH-1A simulator was obtained by Memphis State University Center for Nuclear Studies in the early 1980s, but was never restored or returned to operational service. Its dismantling was completed in March 2019. 518:, Antarctica. Owned by the Navy. Initial criticality March 3, 1962, decommissioned 1972. The PM-3A, located at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, was designed by the Martin Company to provide electric power and steam heating to the Naval Air Facility at McMurdo Sound. PM-3A operated at a uranium-235 enrichment of 93 percent. 625:
generator of comparable output. While initially meant to power bases and field operations, the program was shifted to the Army's "Energy Depot Concept" to investigate the production of synthetic fuels. The reactor and associated trailers would produce liquid fuels for tanks, trucks, armored personnel
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On January 3, 1961, the reactor was being prepared for restart after a shutdown of eleven days over the holidays. Maintenance procedures were in progress which required the main central control rod to be manually withdrawn a few inches to reconnect it to its drive mechanism; at 9:01 p.m. this rod was
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The Nuclear Power Plant Operator Course (NPPOC) was conducted at Ft. Belvoir. Applicants for the program were enlisted men who had to commit to serving a minimum of two years after completion of training. The requirements for admission to the NPPOC included aptitude test scores at least as stringent
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The PM-3A (Portable, Medium-power, 3rd generation) was a plant installed to provide power for the McMurdo Base in Antarctica. During 1970–1971, it achieved a world-record power run. It was one of the first shore-based power plants to use solid-state equipment. The PM-3A was not operated by the
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It was later established that Byrnes (the reactor operator) had lifted the rod and caused the excursion, Legg (the shift supervisor) was standing on top of the reactor vessel and was impaled and pinned to the ceiling, and McKinley, the trainee who stood nearby, was later found alive by rescuers. All
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to generate electrical and space-heating energy primarily at remote, relatively inaccessible sites. The ANPP had several accomplishments, but ultimately it was considered to be "a solution in search of a problem." The U.S. Army Engineer Reactors Group managed this program and it was headquartered at
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caused fuel in the core to explosively vaporize. The nuclear fission reaction directly heated the water, flashing a large amount into steam. Melting aluminum reacted with water producing hydrogen gas. The exploding fuel plates, violent metal-water reaction, and expanding water vapor pressed upwards
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to gain experience in boiling water reactor operations, develop performance characteristics, train military crews, and test components. Combustion Engineering was awarded a contract by the AEC to operate the SL-1 and in turn employed the Army's military operating crew to continue running the plant.
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systems in a remote area. This plant was shut down in 1972. SM-1A operated at a uranium-235 enrichment of 93 percent. In 2022, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a first stage contract to decommission and dismantle SM-1A, but after a contract appeal allocated it to a different contractor in 2023.
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MM-1: ~2.5 MW electric, Conceptualized but never built. Conceived as the "Military Compact Reactor". A truck mounted liquid metal cooled reactor, with shorter start up and shut down times. Requiring no shielding of Earth or exclusion zones to protect the operators from radiation. With its reactor
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We gave explicit instructions on the 8th of January that this reactor, which was shut down at the time, would not be started until we had reviewed the situation. It was necessary for us to issue instructions to modify mechanisms of the PM-2A so that no single rod could be raised to a point where
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The plant suffered from a multitude of problems, including a fire and coolant leakage. It was shut down in September 1972. After decommissioning, the plant was cut into pieces and transported to the US for burial. The soil surrounding the tanks had become radioactive, so it was also removed and
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The AEC ultimately concluded that the probability of achieving the objectives of the Army Nuclear Power Program in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost was not high enough to justify continued funding of its portion of projects to develop small, stationary, and mobile reactors. Cutbacks in
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propelled top head shielding, remnants of fuel plates, five loose shield plugs, a nozzle flange, and the entire reactor vessel upwards. A later investigation concluded that the 26,000-pound (12,000 kg) vessel had jumped 9 feet 1 inch (2.77 m) in the air before striking the
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into the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, until the development of the Packard Tri-Carb detector, which was the first detector system capable of detecting the low-energy beta decay of tritium. The instrumentation in the SM-1 pre-dated the development of solid-state devices and used vacuum
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carriers, and aircraft and drastically reduce the vulnerable petroleum logistical supply chain. The associated trailers would use chemical conversion processes to convert the reactor's waste heat energy into useful fuels using elements universally found in air and water (
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This was the only fatal incident at a US nuclear power reactor, which destroyed the reactor. This incident was important in the development of commercial power because future designs prevented the core from going critical with the removal of a single
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on the water above the core, sending a pressure wave that struck the top of the reactor vessel. The force impinged on the lid of the reactor vessel, causing water and steam to spray from the top of the vessel. This extreme form of
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PM-2A successfully powered Camp Century for three years. The pressure vessel was also used to investigate neutron embrittlement in carbon steel. This plant was shut down 1963–1964. However despite the reactor's successes,
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as those required for admission to Officer Candidate School. Over 1,000 Nuclear Power Plant operators were licensed between the years 1958 through 1977. The NPPOC was an intense and academically challenging year-long course.
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and was the first field facility developed under the Army Nuclear Power Program. This site was selected to develop construction methods in a remote, Arctic location, and study its economics compared with
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Highly Enriched Uranium: Striking A Balance - A Historical Report On The United States Highly Enriched Uranium Production, Acquisition, And Utilization Activities From 1945 Through September 30, 1996
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In a Department of the Army Approved Qualitative Materiel Development Objective for Nuclear Power Plants, dated 7 January 1965, these objectives were stated for the program:
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to obtain special nuclear material for use in defense utilization facilities. The focus of the Army Nuclear Power Program was on power production facilities while the
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Eight plants were constructed. Due to the requirement for a small physical size, all these reactors other than the MH-1A used highly enriched uranium (
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three men succumbed to injuries from physical trauma; the radiation from the nuclear excursion would have given the men no chance of survival.
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to an electrical grid. Used primarily for training and testing, rather than power generation for Ft. Belvoir. The plant was designed by the
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There was interest in the possible application of nuclear power to land-based military needs as early as 1952. A memo from the
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of photos in the next section. Sources for this data include the only known book on the ANPP, by Suid, and a DOE document.
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U.S. Army documentary film showing the construction of Camp Century (Greenland) and the shipment and construction of PM-2A
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Mironov, N.; Kostogarov, S.; Mamedov, A. M.; Lokhanin, G. N.; Sinitsyn, V. I.; Lokhanin, G. N.; Sinitsyn, V. I. (1961).
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Of the eight built, six produced operationally useful power for an extended period. Many of the designs were based on
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was also used for desalination using vacuum flash distillation. The reactor was located in buried tanks in the ground.
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Detailed designs for pressurized and boiling water reactors, as well as gas-cooled and liquid-metal cooled reactors.
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COL Paul E. Roege - Can nuclear energy fill critical gaps in the military energy portfolio? @ TEAC3 - YouTube
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Proving the Principle - A History of The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, 1949-1999
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Radiation Safety and Regulation Hearings, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, US Congress, June 12–15, 1961
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First portable, pre-packaged, modular nuclear power plant to be installed, operated, and removed (PM-2A)
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Transportability, mobility, and reaction times compatible with the mission or equipment to be supported.
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transported to Port Hueneme Naval Base, California, where it was incorporated into asphalt pavement.
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Reduction or elimination of logistic burden necessary to support conventional power plants.
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First nuclear power plant in the US to supply electrical power to a commercial grid (SM-1)
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References for this list include the DOE document, the Suid book, and the Briefing Book.
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First in-place reactor vessel annealing, using nuclear heat source, in the US (SM-1A)
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posted by DocumentaryTube.net. The arrival occurs at 16:11 in the 27-minute film.
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Second letter: H – high power, M – medium power, L – low power.
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concentrated on nuclear propulsion for submarines and ships. On 9 April 1954 the
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to perform the missions assigned by DA. Essentially, these missions were to:
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First letter: S – stationary, M – mobile, P – portable.
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Office of the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs (January 2001),
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develop programs for application of nuclear reactors to military needs.
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instantly. In four milliseconds, the heat generated by the resulting
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The plants are listed in order of their initial criticality. See the
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First nuclear-powered closed-loop (Brayton) gas turbine cycle (ML-1)
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The Army's Nuclear Power Program: The Evolution of a Support Agency
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core containing the energy equivalent of over 8 million pounds of
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conduct R&D, with the AEC, on nuclear power plant development;
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MH-1A: Floating nuclear power plant, STURGIS: Construction report
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John A. Byrnes (age 27) and Richard Leroy McKinley (age 22), and
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SAFSTOR (long term storage and monitoring before decommissioning)
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Pfeffer, Robert A; Macon, William A (September–October 2001).
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Reduced crew size, with ultimate goal of unattended operation.
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First use of stainless steel for fuel element cladding (SM-1)
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First land-transportable, mobile nuclear power plant (ML-1)
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First floating (barge-mounted) nuclear power plant (MH-1A)
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Total decommissioning cost was estimated at $ 243 million.
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PM-3A: 1.75 MW electric, plus heating and desalinization.
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was never fielded and Camp Century was later abandoned.
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Reduction or elimination of dependence on fuel sources.
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provide technical support to other agencies as required;
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has led to a renewed interest in military applications.
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Army Nuclear Power Program, 1954–1976 Virtual Exhibit
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First use of nuclear power for desalinization (PM-3A)
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operate the Corps of Engineers nuclear power plants;
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