Humboldt Nuclear Power Plant - Nuclear Power Plants on Waymarking.com

The Humboldt Bay nuclear power plant was a 65 megawatt boiling water reactor plant located 4 miles south of Eureka, CA on the edge of Humboldt Bay just west of Highway 101. The plant operated from 1963 to 1976 when it shut down for seismic modifications. In 1983, the owner, PG&E, determined the seismic modifications were not economically feasible. The 250-foot stack that was the marker for the plant was taken down in 1998. (See the Encapsulation Technologies website for details on how this was done.) Decommissioning work is still ongoing (as of 2008).
Disturbing side note: in 2003, in the process of inventorying the spent fuel pool, it was discovered that a portion of a spent fuel rod could not be accounted for. The remainder of the fuel rods are still onsite awaiting a long-term storage location.
Still onsite are two fossil-fuel generators, the stacks of which are visible in the photo.
See the Nuclear Regulatory Commission website for detailed information about the decommissioning of this site.

Operational: No Visitor Center: No Year Built: 01/01/1963 Year Retired: 01/01/1976 Web Address: [Web Link]

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