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U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Reactor:
Fort St. Vrain
Location:

Platteville, Colorado
Local population:  (10-mile radius)

Type:

High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

Status:

Shutdown
Licensed to operate from 12/21/7308/18/89

Owner:

Public Service of Colorado

Safety Issues:

Year Plus Outages


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Related Links & Documents

09/18/2006   UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in June 1984 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report.  See details | Download the pdf (1.5 kb)