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The '''Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant''' |
The '''Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant''' is a 63 MWe [[boiling water reactor]], owned by [[Pacific Gas and Electric]] that operated from 1963 to 1976 just south of [[Eureka, California]]. Concern about previously undiscovered seismic [[Fault (geology)|faults]] combined with the small scale of the plant caused its shutdown in July 1976. It was then placed in SAFSTOR inactive status since. |
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In spring of 2009, PG&E finished moving the high level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, into dry cask storage on site. The next step is the decommissioning of the plant, slated to begin in 2010 along with the two original fossil-fuel-powered steam-turbine generators on site. Before beginning dismantling, the plant will be repowered by an array of modern, multi-fuel Wärtsilä reciprocating engine-generators. |
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The Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant is a 63 MWe boiling water reactor, owned by Pacific Gas and Electric that operated from 1963 to 1976 just south of Eureka, California. Concern about previously undiscovered seismic faults combined with the small scale of the plant caused its shutdown in July 1976. It was then placed in SAFSTOR inactive status since.
In spring of 2009, PG&E finished moving the high level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, into dry cask storage on site. The next step is the decommissioning of the plant, slated to begin in 2010 along with the two original fossil-fuel-powered steam-turbine generators on site. Before beginning dismantling, the plant will be repowered by an array of modern, multi-fuel Wärtsilä reciprocating engine-generators.
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