Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station

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Utility=Northern States Power
Location=near Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Type=boiling water reactor
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Capacity=59
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Start= July 1966
end = October 1967
Region=4The Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant is a nuclear power plant built by Northern States Power Company near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. After only one year's operation Pathfinder was converted to a conventional power plant because of technical problems.

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.

ee also

*Nuclear power
*List of nuclear reactors

External links

* [http://www.nukeworker.com/maps/facility/Pathfinder.html Pathfinder] on http://www.nukeworker.com/