http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/LONG-ISLAND-LIGHTING-COMPANY-Company-History.html LILCO History - fundinguniverse.com - Retrieved November 17, 2007] The plant was to be the first commercial nuclear power plant on Long Island and initially had little formal opposition, as Brookhaven already had multiple research nuclear reactors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, about 5 miles south of Shoreham.