{{Short description|US Atomic Energy Commission initiative (1955–1970)}}
The '''Power Reactor Demonstration Program (PRDP)'''{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Sometimes referred to as the '''Power Demonstration Reactor Program (PDRP)'''<ref name="IPS"/> or as the '''Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program'''.<ref name="EPRI2017"/>}} was an initiative of the United States Atomic Energy Commission to fund the research and development of nuclear power in the United States.<ref name="RAND"/> Review and funding of projects took place between 1955 and 1963<ref name="AtomicPowerSafety"/> over three distinct rounds.<ref name="IPS"/><ref name="RAND"/>
The program co-funded the following facilities: {| class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable" |- !Round !Facility<br />name !Type !Capacity<br>(MWe) !State !Commissioned |- | rowspan="4" | 1 || Yankee Rowe || PWR || 180 || Massachusetts || 1961 |- | Dresden 1 || BWR || 197 || Illinois || 1960 |- | Hallam || SGR || 75 || Nebraska || 1963 |- | Fermi 1 || SFR || 150 || Michigan || 1966 |- | rowspan="3" | 2 || Piqua || OCR || 45 || Ohio || 1963 |- | Elk River || BWR || 22 || Minnesota || 1964 |- | La Crosse || BWR || 50 || Wisconsin || 1969 |- | rowspan="6" | 3 || Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor || PHWR || 17 || South Carolina || 1963 |- | Big Rock Point || BWR || 67 || Michigan || 1963 |- | Pathfinder || BWR || 59 || South Dakota || 1966 |- | Peach Bottom || HTGR || 40 || Pennsylvania || 1966 |- | San Onofre || PWR || 436 || California || 1968 |- | Connecticut Yankee || PWR || 560 || Connecticut || 1968 |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== <references> <ref name="RAND">{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Wendy|title=Nuclear Reactors for Generating Electricity|date=1977|publisher=RAND Corporation|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2116.html}}</ref> <ref name="IPS">{{cite report |last1=Gillespie |first1=Christopher W. |last2=Johnson |first2=Robert A. |last3=Martinez |first3=Marty |last4=Taylor |first4=Emmanuel |date=2016-04-29 |title=Innovation Pathway Study: U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power |url=https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2017/01/f34/Innovation%20Pathway%20Study--U.S.%20Commercial%20Nuclear%20Power.pdf |location= |publisher=Energetics Incorporated |docket=Task Order No. DE-BP0004706 |access-date=2026-02-25}}</ref> <ref name="AtomicPowerSafety">{{cite journal |last=Mazuzan |first=George T. |title=Atomic Power Safety: The Case of the Power Reactor Development Company Fast Breeder, 1955-1956 |journal=Technology and Culture |volume=23 |year=1982 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |pages=341{{ndash}}371 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3104483.pdf |jstor=3104483 |jstor-access=free |access-date=2026-03-13}}</ref> <ref name="EPRI2017">{{cite tech report |author= |date=2017-12-11 |title=Program on Technology Innovation: Government and Industry Roles in the Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment of Commercial Nuclear Reactors |url=https://www.epri.com/research/products/3002010478 |publisher=Electric Power Research Institute |access-date=2026-03-12}}</ref> </references>
Category:United States Atomic Energy Commission Category:American organizations established in 1955 Category:Nuclear power in the United States Category:Nuclear programs Category:Energy research
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