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Atom Power Plant Slated on Ohio River
P Philip A Fleger of Duquesne Light Co and the Atomic Energy Commission plan the world’s first commercial atomic power plant near Shippingport Pennsylvania on an 800 acre site on the Ohio River’s south bank. The plant aims at 60000 kilowatts, with Westinghouse to build the reactor under a government contract. Duquesne to contribute 1 million toward the project cost with AEC covering the rest.
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