<p>We venture out to Long Island, not for the beautiful beaches, or an Islanders game, or to hang with Billy Joel. We're here to explore the fraught history of a gigantic, ominous sea foam-green nuclear power plant.</p><p>Read more in the Atlas: <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/shoreham-nuclear-power-plant">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/shoreham-nuclear-power-plant</a></p>


The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Shoreham Power Plant Re-listen

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.