A piece of the STURGIS sits on land after the final
Summary
A piece of the STURGIS sits on land after the final water piece of the vessel was removed. After serving in World War II, the STUGIS was converted into the world’s first floating nuclear plant in the 1960’s, housing the MH-1A nuclear reactor. After being shut down in 1976, the STUGIS’s formal decommissioning effort began in 2012 and was completed in summer of 2018 with the safe removal of all components of the deactivated nuclear reactor and associated radioactive waste that was formerly aboard the STURGIS.
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usace
army corps of engineers
decommissioning
galveston
texas
sturgis
brownsville
nuclear reactor
liberty ship
dismantling
radiological center of expertise
mh 1 a
shipbreaking
historic vessel
coe baltimore
rebecca nappi
baltimore district
army corps finishes dismantling of historic sturgis vessel former floating nuclear plant
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Date
15/03/2019
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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