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Recycling a key factor in dismantling of STURGIS floating nuclear power plant

Chris Gardner — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:06:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed the safe removal of more than 1.5 million pounds

STURGIS Nuclear Decommissioning Completed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Team

Chris Gardner — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:32:29 GMT

No challenge is too complex for this team of experts. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team has recently completed a very complex and unique project phase by finishing the decommissioning of the Army’s first and only floating nuclear reactor prototype – the MH-1A aboard the STURGIS.

Pioneer in military use of nuclear power provides insight on facility to be decommissioned

Chris Gardner — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:50:00 GMT

Retired Lt. Gen. Ernest Graves was just a major when he was assigned to the SM-1, the first-of-its-kind nuclear power plant that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was building on Fort Belvoir in the late 1950s. At the time, Major Graves was tasked with overseeing the final stages of construction, then operating and training the staff for the reactor. The SM-1 was the first nuclear reactor in the country to generate power connected to the commercial grid when it achieved its first criticality in April 1957. Sixty years later, a 93-year-old Graves and his wife, Nancy, visited the facility to discuss its history with professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other Department of Defense agencies charged with handling nuclear-related missions for the military.

STURGIS decommissioning hits major milestone with deactivated nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel removal

Chris Gardner — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:35:00 GMT

After years of planning and overcoming significant implementation challenges, the STURGIS project team has successfully removed the Reactor Pressure Vessel — a major component of the U.S. Army’s MH-1A reactor aboard the Nuclear Barge STURGIS.