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Fort St. Vrain Generating Station

Colorado, United States

The 805th largest power station in the world

1.15 GW · Capacity

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-cooled reactor (HTGR). The plant was decommissioned between 1989 and 1992. In 1996, it was converted into a conventional natural gas powered generating station, which as of 2011 has a capacity of just under 1000 MW.

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