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An artist's concept of two Offshore Power Systems floating nuclear reactors
A floating nuclear power plant from Offshore Power Systems being constructed in a shipyard
Artist's sketch of a completed floating nuclear plant of the Offshore Power Systems design

Offshore Power Systems (OPS) was a 1970 joint venture between Westinghouse Electric Company, which constructed nuclear generating plants, and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, which had recently merged with Tenneco, to create floating nuclear power plants at Jacksonville, Florida.[1][2]

  1. ^ Adams, Rod: "Offshore Power Systems: Big Plants for a Big Customer" Atomic Insights, August 1996
  2. ^ Putnam, Walter: "Floating nuclear plants may become reality" Boca Raton News, November 15, 1981

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