Throwback Thursday – The Nuclear Savannah
Posted by on April 16, 2015
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(Nuclear Ship) Savannah, the first commercial nuclear-powered cargo
vessel, is seen here heading to the World’s Fair in Seattle. Built in
the late 1950s at a cost of $47 million, including a $28 million nuclear
reactor and fuel core, the Savannah was a demonstration project for the
potential use of nuclear energy. She was launched in July 1959 and
named for the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic
Ocean.NS Savannah was in service between 1962 and 1972 as one of only four nuclear-powered merchant ships ever built. Anyone know where she is moored today? Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2015/04/16/throwback-thursday-the-nuclear-savannah/
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