Kenneth A. Kesselring Site

Kenneth A. Kesselring Site: 1957, West Milton, Saratoga County. One of two Navy Training Sites for Nuclear Reactor Operators. Kesselring once had four operating reactors, but two older reactors were decommisioned in the 1990s leaving two reactors in operation. About 800 sailors are trained at Kesselring annualy, down from about 2,000 at the height of the 1980s build-up. About 500 Naval personnel and 400 civilians also work at the site in training or support roles. Kesselring is operated for the Navy by The Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) located in Schenectady. KAPL is engaged solely in research and development for the design and operation of naval nuclear propulsion plants. Activities relating to naval nuclear propulsion systems are performed in accordance with the requirements and authority of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint DOE and U.S. Department of Navy program responsible for all activities relating to naval nuclear propulsion. The Kesselring site is also used to provide full-scale testing of propulsion plant prototype hardware and to train personnel to operate these plants.

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