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No, but the reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania had a near melt-down. Nuclear plants don't explore. They have meltdowns.
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What was the First US power plant?
If you mean the first nuclear plant, this was at Shippingport, a small PWR, really a prototype.
The only meltdown in a nuclear reactor to ever happen in the US happen where?
Three Mile Island
What is the energy transformation in a nuclear power plant?
they only make food for us, not a cycle, so non-living
Is the Jervis Nuclear Power Plant still running?
Do you mean Jervis Bay in Australia? There was a proposal to build a plant there about 30 years ago but it never was even started. Australia has no nuclear power plants.
What state has the least nuclear power plant?
In the US there are many states that have no nuclear plants, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and so on. (I am talking about nuclear power plants, not research facilities). See the NRC website www.nrc.gov for maps and details.
Can nuclear plant explosions be avoided?
The US has 104 operating reactors and none of them have exploded. It's a matter of good design and operating methods. Nuclear explosions though are not possible in a commercial nuclear reactor, because the nuclear fuel is not sufficiently enriched to make a weapon, whatever happens in the reactor.
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb the us response was?
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the US response was to increase its own arsenal and its own testing of nuclear weapons.
Which country exploded 1st underground nuclear device?
every country that has done underground nuclear testing at some point exploded their first underground nuclear device. if you want the first country, that was the US. if you want the most recent, that was North Korea. but this could change any day.
How commonly is a nuclear power plant used in the US?
Illinois is were nuclear power is most used
Where was the first nuclear power plant in the US?
The Shippingport reactor was the first full-scale PWR nuclear power plant in the United States.
Where is the best place in the US to build a nuclear power plant?
no where
Where in the us is the best place to place a nuclear power plant?
no where
When was the first nuclear plant built?
The first commercial nuclear power plant in the US was built in 1957 in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. The first commercial nuclear power plant in the world was built in 1956 in Calder Hill, UK.
Is it legal to build a nuclear power plant in the US?
It is legal to build a nuclear power plant in the U. S., provided the licenses and permits are granted.
Where are most nuclear power plant located in the US?
Have a look at the map of nuclear sites on the NRC website www.nrc.gov
What is the oak ridge nuclear plant?
It is the facility built to produce nuclear material for the US Atomic weapons program.
Was the us ever at defcon one?
the answer is no because the US has not gotten hit by a nuclear device
