Piqua

The Piqua Nuclear Power Facility contained a 45.5-megawatt (thermal) organically cooled and moderated reactor built and operated as a demonstration project by the Atomic Energy Commission between 1963 and 1966. The Facility was owned by the Atomic Energy Commission and operated under contract by the City of Piqua. In 1966, the Commission discontinued Facility operations and terminated the contract with the City of Piqua for operation and maintenance of the facility. Between 1967 and 1969 the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility was dismantled and decommissioned. At that time, the reactor fuel coolant and most of the radioactive materials were removed from the site. The reactor vessel and the spaces between the vessel and cavity liner were then filled with dry quartz sand.