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Edwin E. Kintner 1920-2010
Pages 244-251

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... KINTNER, former executive vice president, GPU Nuclear, inc., passed away on May 7, 2010, in exeter, New Hampshire, at the age of 90. He was born May 1, 1920, in Paris, ohio, and he graduated from the United states Naval academy in annapolis, Maryland, in december 1941, a member of the class of 1942 that was accelerated due to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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From page 246...
... following the successful initial operation of the Nautilus, a number of additional nuclear submarines were to be built. Kintner was appointed nuclear power superintendent at the Mare island Naval shipyard in california, to develop in that yard the capability to build them and to oversee construction of the USS Sargo, the fifth nuclear-powered submarine and the first built on the West Coast, and others.
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From page 247...
... it had developed nuclear propulsion plants for Nautilus, Sargo, and other naval vessels and for the first civilian nuclear power plant built in shippingport, Pennsylvania, which began operation in 1957. in 1959 he received the secretary of the Navy's commendation Medal.
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From page 248...
... gPU Nuclear was responsible for cleaning up the Three Mile island Unit 2 nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (which had been damaged in the 1979 accident) , for restarting and operating the adjacent undamaged Three Mile island Unit 1, for operating the oyster creek nuclear plant in southern New Jersey, and for decommissioning the saxton experimental nuclear power plant in western Pennsylvania.
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From page 249...
... Many consider this successful effort to have been an essential element in ensuring a continuing commercial nuclear power industry in the United states. Kintner also was a leader in a utility industry effort to prepare for future improved nuclear power plants.
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From page 250...
... His accomplishments were recognized by election to the National academy of engineering in 1990. The citation read: "For significant contributions to the development of nuclear submarine propulsion, nuclear power operation, and management of magnetic fusion programs." He was an active member of the academy and served as a member of four study committees, as chair of committees on environmental technology and on transmutation, and as vice chair of the peer committee for selection of new members for the electric power/energy systems section of the academy.
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