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Nuclear Power in the 1950s

The dawn of commercial nuclear power. The first nuclear power plants were connected to electrical grids, marking humanity's entry into the atomic age.

11
Reactors Started
0
Reactors Shutdown
1
GW Capacity Added
4
Countries Building

Top Countries

1.United Kingdom72.United States23.Russia14.France1

Reactor Types

GCR8LWGR1BWR1PWR1

Year by Year

1954
1
1956
1
1957
2
1958
2
1959
5

Reactors Commissioned

1954 (1 reactors)

APS-1 ObninskRussia
LWGR6 MW

1956 (1 reactors)

Calder Hall-1United Kingdom
GCR60 MW

1957 (2 reactors)

Calder Hall-2United Kingdom
GCR60 MW
GE VallecitosUnited States
BWR24 MW

1958 (2 reactors)

Calder Hall-3United Kingdom
GCR60 MW
ShippingportUnited States
PWR60 MW

1959 (5 reactors)

Calder Hall-4United Kingdom
GCR60 MW
Chapelcross-1United Kingdom
GCR60 MW
Chapelcross-2United Kingdom
GCR60 MW
Chapelcross-3United Kingdom
GCR60 MW
G-2 (Marcoule)France
GCR43 MW
All Decades1960s

Data source: IAEA PRIS database • Updated regularly