Abandoned Nuclear Jet Engine facility in PA

[Raptured]

I find this stuff fascinating and growing up in Pennsylvania I'm a little embarassed that I'd never heard of this facility.  I remember hearing about the one in Tennessee though and that's an interesting read as well.

Exploring the abandoned Nuclear Jet Engine bunkers


TLDR..

The nuclear jet engine testing complex at Quehanna was born out of the euphemistically-named “Atoms for Peace” program, proposed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 and created by the United States Congress in 1954.
In the case of the Quehanna jet engine project, the goal was to develop nuclear-powered jet engines for the United States Air Force, so that fighter planes and bombers could stay airborne indefinitely, without refueling.
 
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation, at the time the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States, was awarded the contract to develop the engines.
They sought out a remote parcel of land where the project could be worked on in relative secrecy, and without endangering a large population center should the project go awry.
 
The State of Pennsylvania, looking to create jobs and promote industrial investment, offered Curtiss-Wright a sweetheart deal on 80 square miles of public land (State Forest Land at the time) in rural Cameron County, and a deal was struck.