Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station
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The Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant is a nuclear power plant built by Northern States Power Company near Sioux Falls. After only one year's operation Pathfinder was converted to a conventional power plant because of technical problems.
- Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
- Type: Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) -- in contrast to earlier carbon dioxide cooled nuclear plants such as the Magnox and UNGG reactors
- Net Output: 59 MWe
- Now decommissioned.
- Date started: July, 1966
- Date closed : October, 1967
The Pathfinder location is now known as Angus Anson Generating Station, which was formally established in 1994, when two peaking units were installed to provide additional generation to the Sioux Falls area. The site previously was home to the Pathfinder plant, which was originally built as a pilot nuclear plant - a facility that laid the groundwork for the company's successful nuclear operations at Monticello and Prairie Island. Pathfinder later was converted to an oil and gas-fired peaking facility, although it is no longer operating.
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- Nuclear power
- List of nuclear reactors
- Santa Susana, (commenced power generation to 1100 homes in 1957)
- Calder Hall nuclear power station (commenced power generation in 1956)
- Chapelcross nuclear power station, (commenced power generation in 1959)
- Berkeley nuclear power station, (commenced power generation in 1962)
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