Video: 'POWER AND PROMISE THE STORY OF SHIPPINGPORT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 28792'

(Monday, December 2, 1957, 4:30 a.m. EST) — The Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world’s first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses, began operations today in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles from Pittsburgh.