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Step aboard the nuclear-powered passenger ship of tomorrow (from 1959)

NPR correspondent Geoff Brumfiel boards the NS Savannah, a nuclear passenger ship built in the late 1950s as part of a U.S. program to illustrate the positive uses of nuclear energy.

June 23, 2023 9:50 AM ET By Geoff Brumfiel, Meredith Rizzo

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- I replaced stale info on reactor disposal but I think someone should incorporate the new images and general impressions of the ship. PRR ( talk) 18:56, 23 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Citation needed on cost

https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-136209.pdf

I don't know how to edit sources, but if someone could please add this source after the point about it costing 2 million dollars more than similar ships of the period, I would much appreciate it! Unbased ( talk) 19:43, 19 October 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Unbased: [1]<-- This is how to complete a reference, as per WP:CITE. Now just copy and attach it to line of content your are referring to. - wolf 00:53, 20 October 2023 (UTC) reply

References

  1. ^ "Costs Of Operating The Nuclear Merchant Ship Savannah" (PDF). gao.gov. 26 June 1970. Retrieved 20 October 2023.