Deep inside the Port of Baltimore, past stacks of shipping containers and a plant that makes wallboard, sits the world's first, and only, nuclear-powered cruise ship – the NS Savannah.

EnergySolutions and Radiation Safety & Control Services will form a joint venture to decommission the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, the NS Savannah. The work will involve removing the ...

NS Savannah heads into San Francisco Bay en route to the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. Courtesy National Archives 1962: NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship ...

AUGUST 20, 1962: The world’s first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship made her maiden voyage on this day in 1962. NS Savannah, a U.S. government-owned vessel conceived as an “Atoms for Peace” ...

MARCH 23, 1962: The world’s first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship was launched on this day in 1962. NS Savannah, a U.S. government-owned vessel conceived as an “Atoms for Peace” ambassador, was ...

1962: NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, completes its maiden voyage. In a world terrified by the prospect of nuclear war, the Savannah was meant to demonstrate ...