Platteville, Colorado
Local population: (10-mile radius)
Type:
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor
Status:
Shutdown
Licensed to operate from 12/21/73-08/18/89
Owner:
Public Service of Colorado
Safety Issues:
Year Plus Outages
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)
1991Fission Stories #39: The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission reported on natural gas wells and pipelines constructed
between 1973 and 1983, some within 1,200 feet of the reactor building, without
proper assessment of their potential threat to the nuclear plant.