Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 03.15.2019
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......
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 03.15.2019
The final piece of the STURGIS sits on land, marking the major milestone of the completion of the decommissioning and dismantling of the STURGIS vessel. This historic vessel was converted into the world’s first floating nuclear plant in the 1960’s after serving in World War II as a Liberty Ship. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that approximately 5,800 tons of steel and other......
Photo by Rebecca Kidd | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 03.15.2019
The STRUGIS project team commemorated the final section of the vessel being removed from the water and placed on the dock for sectioning into smaller pieces to be made available for recycling. This milestone marks the completion of the decommissioning and dismantling of the STURGIS vessel....
Photo by Christopher Gardner | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 09.14.2018
Undated image of STURGIS operating in the Panama Canal Zone. The STURGIS, a former World War II Liberty Ship, was converted into the first floating nuclear power plant in the 1960s. Before being shutdown in 1976, the STURGIS’ nuclear reactor, MH-1A, was used to generate electricity for military and civilian use in the Panama Canal. (Courtesy Photo)...
Photo by Christopher Gardner | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 10.21.2017
In October 2015, the first low-level radiological waste was removed from the STURGIS as part of the decommissioning of reactor aboard the Army’s retired floating nuclear power plant in Galveston, Texas. This removal of the spent fuel rod transfer cask and the spent control rod transfer cask was a significant milestone in the STURGIS decommissioning effort as it marked the beginning of the......
Photo by Christopher Gardner | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 05.01.2017
The Reactor Pressure Vessel aboard the STURGIS, the Army’s retired floating nuclear power plant recently decommissioned, is carefully lifted in order to be placed in the specially designed shielded shipping container to its left at the end of May 2017. Once in the container, it was then loaded onto a transport vehicle to be delivered to the Waste Control Specialists disposal facility, in......
Photo by Christopher Gardner | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 12.08.2015
Personnel from Baltimore District and Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discuss STURGIS decommissioning progress aboard the vessel during a site visit in Galveston Dec. 8, 2015. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, working closely with the Corps’ Galveston District, is managed the recently completed decommissioning of the STURGIS, a former World War II......
Photo by Christopher Gardner | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 06.09.2015
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Brenda Barber speaks with local officials, first responders and representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Port of Galveston as part of a tour of the STURGIS June 9, 2015 in Galveston, Texas soon after the vessel arrived there for its final decommissioning. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coordinated closely with local partners throughout......
