Shutdown Commercial Nuclear Reactors in the Midwest
BWR = Boiling Water Reactor
OCM = Organically Cooled and Moderated (reactor)
PWR = Pressurized Water Reactor
SCF = Sodium-Cooled Fast (reactor)
SCGM = Sodium-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated (reactor)
Sources: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Information Digest, 2021-22 (NUREG-1350, Volume 33), Appendix C; Davis, Will, September 24, 2011, "APR Atomic Journal - Elk River Part 2," accessed August 25, 2022; Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2013, "Hallam Nuclear Power Facility," access August 25, 2022; DOE Office of Legacy Management, "Piqua Fact Sheet," accessed August 25, 2022
OCM = Organically Cooled and Moderated (reactor)
PWR = Pressurized Water Reactor
SCF = Sodium-Cooled Fast (reactor)
SCGM = Sodium-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated (reactor)
Sources: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Information Digest, 2021-22 (NUREG-1350, Volume 33), Appendix C; Davis, Will, September 24, 2011, "APR Atomic Journal - Elk River Part 2," accessed August 25, 2022; Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2013, "Hallam Nuclear Power Facility," access August 25, 2022; DOE Office of Legacy Management, "Piqua Fact Sheet," accessed August 25, 2022
State | Reactor | City | Type | Power (MWt) | Commercial Operation | Shut Down | Decomm. Status |
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Illinois | Dresden 1 | Morris | BWR | 700 | 1959 | 1978 | SAFSTOR |
Illinois | Zion 1 | Zion | PWR | 3,250 | 1973 | 1997 | DECON in Progress |
Illinois | Zion 2 | Zion | PWR | 3,250 | 1973 | 1996 | DECON in Progress |
Iowa | Duane Arnold | Palo | PWR | 1,912 | 1974 | 2020 | SAFSTOR |
Michigan | Big Rock Point | Charlevoix | BWR | 240 | 1964 | 1997 | DECON Completed |
Michigan | Fermi 1 | Newport | SCF | 200 | 1963 | 1972 | SAFSTOR |
Minnesota | Elk River | Elk River | BWR | 58.2 | 1965 | 1968 | DECON Completed |
Nebraska | Fort Calhoun | Ft. Calhoun | PWR | 1,500 | 1973 | 2016 | SAFSTOR |
Nebraska | Hallam | Hallam | SCGM | 240 | 1962 | 1964 | DECON Completed |
Ohio | Piqua | Piqua | OCM | 45.5 | 1962 | 1966 | ENTOMB |
South Dakota | Pathfinder | Sioux Falls | BWR | 190 | 1966 | 1967 | DECON Completed |
Wisconsin | Kewaunee | Carlton | PWR | 1,772 | 1973 | 2013 | SAFSTOR |
Wisconsin | La Crosse | Genoa | BWR | 165 | 1967 | 1987 | DECON in Progress |