The Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Power Plant is a former commercial nuclear power station located near the town of Platteville in northern Colorado in the United States. It originally operated from 1979 until 1989. It had a 330 MWe High-temperature gas reactor (HTGR). The plant was decommissioned between 1989 and 1992.
Fort St. Vrain Generating Station
Refueling floor at Fort St. Vrain Generating Station
Diagram of the PCRV (left) and helium circulator (right) of the Fort St. Vrain reactor
Operational diagram of the Fort St. Vrain high-temperature gas reactor
Platteville, Colorado
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Platteville is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,955 at the 2020 census. It is adjacent to Fort Vasquez on U.S. Highway 85.
Platteville Town Hall