Dwight D. Eisenhower Dedicates Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant Ca. 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower Dedicates Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant Ca. 1957
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In 1953, President Dwight Eisenhower proposed his "Atoms for Peace" program, which would create an international organization charged with developing peaceful uses for nuclear technology. A year later, he signed the Atomic Energy Act, which authorized creation of nuclear power plants across the country. The first nuclear power plant, located in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, began operations in 1957. The reactor was decommissioned in 1982.
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