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The Apollo affair or NUMEC affair was a 1965 incident in which a US company, NUMEC, in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania was investigated for losing 200–600 pounds (91–272 kg) of highly enriched uranium, with suspicions that it had gone to Israel's nuclear weapons program.
Pennsylvania electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Pennsylvania had a total summer capacity of 49,066 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 239,261 GWh. [2]
Limerick Unit 1 first attained criticality (began producing nuclear power, at limited capacity) on December 22, 1984 and was certified for commercial operation on February 1, 1986. Limerick Unit 2 attained criticality on August 1, 1989, and commercial operation began on January 8, 1990.
There are five inactive reactors in PA, including Three Mile Island, which had a partial meltdown and caused a reevaluation of nuclear reactor safety practices. Nuclear power has a significant history in Pennsylvania, beginning in 1954 with the establishment of the first commercial, peace-time plant in America, the Shippingport Atomic Power ...
Pages in category "Nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Westinghouse's Nuclear Power Division adapted the PWR design for commercial use and built the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States, the Shippingport Power Plant in the west hills of Pittsburgh. [4] The laboratory had two supercomputers listed on the 26th TOP500 List (November 2005).
Apollo is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Pittsburgh in a former coal-mining region. Apollo was settled in 1790, laid out in 1816, and incorporated as a borough in 1848.
Reading, PA 19606 37 Wanner Rd Phone: 610.921.0948 Bernville Fire Co. Station #29 Mailing Address: PO Box 429 Station Location: Bernville, PA 19506 6701 Bernville Rd. Phone: 610.488.6592 Bethel Fire Co. Station #54 Mailing Address: PO Box 145 Station Location: Bethel, PA 19507 9675 Old Route 22 Phone: 717.933.5236 Birdsboro-Union Fire Dept.