SM-1
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SM-1 was a 2-megawatt nuclear reactor developed by the American Locomotive Company and the United States Atomic Energy Commission as part of the US Army Nuclear Power Program in the mid-1950s. The com
SM-1 at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. Note the stainless steel reactor containment dome and the proximity of water (top left) in Gunston Cove. (Undated photo, but cars appear to be late-1960s models.)
SM-1 before the "HP mod"
ANPP brochure
Sketch of the reactor shield, pressure vessel, core and instruments
MH-1A
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MH-1A was the first floating nuclear power station. Named Sturgis after General Samuel D. Sturgis III, this pressurized water reactor built in a converted Liberty ship was part of a series of reactors
SM-1
…with 1-year training, led by engineers." The location of the Army's nuclear reactor training facility alongside Gunston Cove explains why the floating MH-1A came to be tested at Fort Belvoir in April 1966. The successful operation of the SM-1 was promoted by the Department of Defense as a demonstration of…
MH-1A at the Panama Canal
MH-1A control room simulator at Fort Belvoir.