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SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. — The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States opened here.

TL;DR
- The author visited grounds in Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
- This location was where the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States opened.
- The plant began operation in 1957.
- The author's previous visit to this site was in 1976.