Nuclear Powered Collection

A nuclear submarine berthing at Devonport docks, Plymouth, Devon, 1980. The site has been established as a naval construction and refit yard since 1690

Nuclear-powered spacecraft, artwork
Nuclear-powered spacecraft at Ganymede, computer artwork. Ganymede is one of the moons of Jupiter. The spacecraft is powered by nuclear fusion, the same process that takes place in the Sun

Bow view of the USS Kamehameha
Bow of the USS Kamehameha (SSBN/SSN-642) underway underwater as it appears to transit into the camera. KAM is a Benjamin Franklin-class submarine named for King Kamehameha I of Hawaii

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162174
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162174 (msn 54), of VRC-40 Detachment V, tasked with supporting USS Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162168
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162168 (MSN 48), of VRC-40 Detachment II, tasked with supporting USS George H.W, Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162159
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162159 (msn 39), of VRC-40 Detachment II, tasked with supporting USS George H.W, Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

Orbit and Launch Facility Concept. Creator: NASA
Orbit and Launch Facility Concept. Artists impression of an orbit and launch facility which was to use a nuclear SNAP-II nuclear power supply on the end of the long telescoping boom

Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American nuclear physicist, c1942. Fermi (1901-1954) constructed the first working nuclear reactor, in a squash court at the University of Chicago in 1942

Cheviot-Black Sheep graze at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Sheep at Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, 20th century. Calder Hall, first connected to the grid on 27 August 1956 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 October 1956

Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, UK, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumberland, UK, 20th century. Cooling towers (left) and reactors (centre) with transmission lines at the worlds first

Calder Hall nuclear power station, Cumbria. Artist: UKAEA
Calder Hall nuclear power station, Cumbria. Calder Hall, the worlds first full scale commercial nuclear power station opened on 17 October 1956

The Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter underway during
Groton, Connecticut, February 3, 2005 - The Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), underway during sea trials

Russia, Franz Josef Land, Rubini Rock. Russian Nuclear-powered Icebreaker Yamal approaching bird cliffs

Russia, Franz Josef Land. Aerial view of Russian Nuclear-powered Icebreaker Yamal in sea-ice

Russia, Arctic Ocean, North Pole. Russian Nuclear-powered Icebreaker Yamal with tourists on ice-walk

Guided-missile submarine USS Georgia
Naples, Italy, August 22, 2009 - The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) is underway after a port visit to Naples, Italy

An F / A-18E Super Hornet flying above USS John C. Stennis
Pacific Ocean, April 24, 2013 - An F/A-18E Super Hornet participates in an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

Sailors connect cargo legs and nets to an MH-60S Sea Hawk
Pacific Ocean, September 18, 2013 - Sailors embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) connect cargo legs

USS Antietam, USS Nimitz, and USS Higgins transit through the Gulf of Oman
Arabian Sea, May 22, 2007 - USS Antietam (CG-54), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), and USS Higgins (DDG-76) transit through the Gulf of Oman

Sailors stand by to lower the ensign on USS John C. Stennis
January 30, 2012 - Sailors stand by to lower the ensign as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis departs Singapore

n F / A-18E Super Hornet prepares to make an arrested landing
Philippine Sea, August 20, 2013 - An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73)

Aviation Boatswainas Mate carries a fire hose during a fire drill
Arabian Sea, January 13, 2012 - Aviation Boatswainas Mate carries a fire hose during a flight deck fire drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

Spectators gather around the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus
January 21, 1954 - Spectators gather around the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus (SSN 571) during a christening ceremony

Sailors push a T-45C Goshawk on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan
Pacific Ocean, July 16, 2013 - Sailors push a T-45C Goshawk training aircraft from the Redhawks of Training Wing 2 into a maneuvering position on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald

USS Theodore Roosevelt pulls out of Newport News Shipyard
Newport News, Virginia, August 25, 2013 - The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) pulls out of Newport News Shipyard

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter follows behind an MH-60R Sea Hawk
Pacific Ocean, April 20, 2013 - An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter follows behind an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter during an air power demonstration above the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)

An F / A-18F Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis
Arabian Sea, January 15, 2012 - An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

A T-45C Goshawk lands on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan
Pacific Ocean, July 16, 2013 - A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft from the Tigers of Training Wing 1 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan

A Navy SEAL stands next to the sonar dome on the bow of the USS Kamehameha
A Navy SEAL stands next to the WLR9 sonar dome on the bow of the USS Kamehameha while underwater and underway in the clear Pacific Ocean waters off of Oahu, Hawaii

An F / A-18F Super Hornet launches from USS John C. Stennis
Arabian Sea, January 9, 2012 - An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

Nimitz-class aircraft carriers transit the Arabian Sea
January 19, 2012 - The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Abraham Lincoln and USS John C. Stennis join for a turnover of responsibility in the Arabian Sea

An F / A-18E Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis
Pacific Ocean, February 6, 2012 - An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

An F / A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of USS George Washington
Coral Sea, July 22, 2013 - An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) in support of exercise Talisman Saber 2013

Firemen brace for shock during a general quarters training exercise
Pacific Ocean, February 14, 2012 - Sailors brace for shock during a general quarters training exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

An EA-6B Prowler launches from the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis
Arabian Sea, January 14, 2012 - An EA-6B Prowler launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

USS George Washington underway in the Philippine Sea
September 29, 2013 - The forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, are underway in the Philippine Sea

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transports cargo at sea
Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2009 - An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter picks up cargo during a replenishment at sea between the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7)

The nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania
High oblique port quarter view of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-736) underway at high speed

An MH-60S Sea Hawk lands on the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis
Pacific Ocean, April 24, 2013 - An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis

USS John C. Stennis transits the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean, February 9, 2012 - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Pacific Ocean

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington underway in the Yellow Sea
July 25, 2010 - The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is underway with the Republic of Korea Navy amphibious landing ship Dokdo (LPH-6111) after departing Busan, Republic of Korea

USS Nautilus slips into the Thames River
January 21, 1954 - The nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus (SSN 571) slips into the Thames River

First nuclear submarine Nautilus, artwork
First nuclear submarine. Cut-away computer artwork of USS Nautilus (SS-571), the worlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine

Nuclear-powered icebreaker, Russia
Nuclear-powered icebreaker being guided by tug boats (one at left) on seagoing tests following its construction at a shipyard. This icebreaker is named 50 Years of Victory

First nuclear-powered ship, NS Lenin
First nuclear-powered ship, the icebreaker NS Lenin, in the Arctic Ocean north of Russia, in 1972. Icebreakers have reinforced hulls and are used to break through sea ice

Nuclear power station training model
A model of a nuclear reactor at the training center of the Kola nuclear power plant, Polyarnye Zori

Nuclear power station. View across the Hudson River towards the Indian Point Energy Centre (IPEC). IPEC is a 3-unit pressurised water reactor nuclear power station

Nuclear submarine maintenance
Nuclear-powered submarine under preventive repairs

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"Nuclear-Powered: Harnessing the Power of the Atom for Exploration and Energy" In 1980, a nuclear submarine gracefully berths at Devonport docks in Plymouth, Devon, showcasing the immense power and technological marvels that lie beneath the surface. The sight is awe-inspiring as it symbolizes mankind's ability to conquer new frontiers with nuclear-powered spacecraft. The USS Kamehameha proudly displays its bow view, a testament to its strength and efficiency. This mighty vessel exemplifies how nuclear energy propels us forward into uncharted territories. But it's not just submarines and spacecraft that benefit from this revolutionary source of power. Grumman C-2A (R) Greyhound aircraft take flight, their engines fueled by nuclear energy. These airborne wonders transport goods and personnel with unparalleled speed and reliability. As we look beyond our planet's atmosphere, NASA presents an orbit and launch facility concept powered by nuclear technology. This visionary design promises to revolutionize space exploration as we venture further into the cosmos. Enrico Fermi, an Italian-born American physicist, stands as a pioneer in harnessing atomic energy during World War II. His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for future advancements in nuclear power generation. Back on Earth, Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station in Cumberland serves as a shining example of clean energy production. Cheviot-Black Sheep graze peacefully nearby while this innovative facility generates electricity without harmful emissions or reliance on fossil fuels. Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station becomes an iconic landmark in Cumberland during the 20th century—a symbol of progress and sustainability through cutting-edge technology. From submarines silently gliding through ocean depths to spacecraft venturing beyond our atmosphere; from aircraft soaring through skies to power stations providing clean electricity—nuclear-powered innovations have transformed our world. With each advancement comes hope for a brighter future where humanity can explore new horizons while preserving our planet for generations to come.