MH-1A
MH-1A was the first floating nuclear power station. Named Sturgis after General Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr., this pressurized water reactor built in a converted Liberty ship was part of a series of reactors in the US Army Nuclear Power Program, which aimed to develop small nuclear reactors to generate electrical and space-heating energy primarily at remote, relatively inaccessible sites. Its designation stood for mobile, high power. After its first criticality in 1967, MH-1A was towed to the Panama Canal Zone that it supplied with 10 MW of electricity. Its dismantling began in 2014 and was completed in March 2019.
| MH-1A | |
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MH-1A at the Panama Canal | |
| Country | United States of America |
| Coordinates | 37°7′53.1618″N 76°38′51.2124″W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Construction began | 1963 |
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| Decommission date | March 27, 2014 |
| Construction cost | $17 million |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
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