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Wisconsin's First Nuclear-Fueled Electric Generating Plant WI223 |
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Dairyland Power Cooperative in April of 1961 was designated by the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Commission as eligible to construct and operate a nuclear-fueled electric powner plant as a research and development pilot installation. On June 8, 1962, the Atomic Energy Commission entered into a contract with the Allis-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee for the fabrication of a 50-megawatt facility, now identified as the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR), and with Dairyland Power Cooperative for its eventual operation. Construction began in May of 1963. On July 11, 1967, at 7:39 in the evening, the reactor achieved its first self-sustaining chain reaction, which ushered Wisconsin into the nuclear age. Operation at full power level was attained on August 1, 1969. After several modifications and numerous tests, it was declared operational for commercial use on February 1, 1971, with a firm capacity of 50 megawatts. Dairyland Power Cooperative acquired full ownership of this nuclear-fueled electric generating facility by its purchase from the Atomic Energy Commission in August of 1973.
in power plant parking lot, W side of Hwy 35, Genoa,
In power plant parking lot, W side of Hwy 35, Genoa, Vernon County Wisconsin.
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