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EnergySolutions and Radiation Safety & Control Services will form a joint venture to decommission the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, the NS Savannah. The work will involve removing the ship's reactor system so that the vessel can be used as a museum.
EnergySolutions and Radiation Safety & Control Services will form a joint venture to decommission the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, the NS Savannah. The work will involve removing the ship's reactor system so that the vessel can be used as a museum.
Nuclear Ship Support Services To Decommission NS Savannah The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $54.4 million contract for the decommissioning of the world’s first nuclear powered merchant ship, the NS Savannah, which was launched in 1959 and never became a commercial success. The ship, part of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace initiative, was, essentially, a demonstration project that became a tourist attraction at the various ports it made berth – including a tour of European ports (Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Dublin) in the summer of 1964. Her lack of success ...