The laboratory is part of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint U.S Navy-Department of Energy program responsible for the research, design, construction, operation and maintenance of U.S. nuclear-powered warships.
The laboratory was founded in 1949 on the site of the former Bettis Field, named after Cyrus Bettis. It covers approximately 207 acres (0.84 km2).[1] From the Lab's founding until 1998, it was run by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Bechtel Corporation won the contract to run the laboratory on September 19, 2008 and assumed operation on February 1, 2009,[2] first under its subsidiary Bechtel Bettis, Inc., later under Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation. The contract changed hands again when Fluor Corporation, as their subsidiary Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC won the contract to run the laboratory on July 12, 2018 and assumed operations on October 1, 2018.[citation needed]
Westinghouse's Nuclear Power Division adapted the PWR design for commercial use and built the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States, the Shippingport Power Plant in the west hills of Pittsburgh.[4]
The laboratory had two supercomputers listed on the 26th TOP500 List (November 2005). Ranked 97 a 1,090 processor Opteron system and ranked 405 a 536 processor Itanium 2 system.[5]
The laboratory is also home to the U.S. Navy's Bettis Reactor Engineering School. The school provides a post-graduate certificate program in nuclear engineering with a focus on nuclear reactor design, construction, and operations.[6][7] It is open only to naval personnel and Bettis engineers.
The laboratory had been chosen to develop the Project Prometheus nuclear power source for the JIMO (Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter) project, however, funding for this program was cancelled in the fall of 2005.
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bettis, atomic, power, laboratory, government, owned, research, development, facility, pittsburgh, suburb, west, mifflin, pennsylvania, that, works, exclusively, design, development, nuclear, power, navy, leaders, creating, nuclear, navy, laboratory, part, nav. Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory is a U S Government owned research and development facility in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin Pennsylvania that works exclusively on the design and development of nuclear power for the U S Navy It was one of the leaders in creating the nuclear navy The laboratory is part of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program a joint U S Navy Department of Energy program responsible for the research design construction operation and maintenance of U S nuclear powered warships The laboratory was founded in 1949 on the site of the former Bettis Field named after Cyrus Bettis It covers approximately 207 acres 0 84 km2 1 From the Lab s founding until 1998 it was run by Westinghouse Electric Corporation Bechtel Corporation won the contract to run the laboratory on September 19 2008 and assumed operation on February 1 2009 2 first under its subsidiary Bechtel Bettis Inc later under Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation The contract changed hands again when Fluor Corporation as their subsidiary Fluor Marine Propulsion LLC won the contract to run the laboratory on July 12 2018 and assumed operations on October 1 2018 citation needed The laboratory developed Oak Ridge National Laboratory s original design of the pressurized water reactor PWR for operational naval use It built the nuclear propulsion plants for the first U S nuclear submarines and surface ships including USS Nautilus USS George Washington USS Long Beach and USS Enterprise 3 Westinghouse s Nuclear Power Division adapted the PWR design for commercial use and built the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States the Shippingport Power Plant in the west hills of Pittsburgh 4 The laboratory had two supercomputers listed on the 26th TOP500 List November 2005 Ranked 97 a 1 090 processor Opteron system and ranked 405 a 536 processor Itanium 2 system 5 The laboratory is also home to the U S Navy s Bettis Reactor Engineering School The school provides a post graduate certificate program in nuclear engineering with a focus on nuclear reactor design construction and operations 6 7 It is open only to naval personnel and Bettis engineers The laboratory had been chosen to develop the Project Prometheus nuclear power source for the JIMO Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter project however funding for this program was cancelled in the fall of 2005 References edit Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2005 09 25 Retrieved 2005 12 29 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Bechtel Corporation Bechtel Awarded Contracts for Bettis Knolls Laboratories IEEE IEEE History Center Archived November 26 2005 at the Wayback Machine Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory United States Nuclear Forces Site info DOE Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Archived from the original on 2005 11 10 Retrieved 2005 12 29 Naval Reactors NR A Potential Model for Improved Personnel Management in the Department of Energy DOE Navy com Careers in the Navy Officer Nuclear Archived from the original on 2005 08 28 Retrieved 2005 12 29 Sources editEPA 2005 Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory PDF Region 3 GPRA Baseline RCRA Corrective Action Facility Retrieved 2005 12 29 IEEE 1971 John W Simpson IEEE History Center Archived from the original on 2005 11 26 Retrieved 2005 12 29 GlobalSecurity org 2005 Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Weapons of Mass Destruction Retrieved 2005 12 29 TOP500 2005 DOE Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory TOP500 Supercomputer Sites Archived from the original on 2005 11 10 Retrieved 2005 12 29 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link FAS Naval Reactors NR A Potential Model for Improved Personnel Management in the Department of Energy DOE Retrieved 2005 12 29 Nuclear Officer Careers amp Jobs Navy Navy Careers amp Jobs U S Navy 2005 Archived from the original on 2005 08 28 Retrieved 2005 12 29 Bechtel Awarded Contracts for Bettis Knolls Laboratories Bechtel Corporation 2008 Retrieved 2011 02 03 External links editU S DOE s Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory site Bechtel Bettis Bettis Laboratory site40 21 27 N 79 53 58 W 40 35737 N 79 89938 W 40 35737 79 89938 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory amp oldid 1109083450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
