United States · 40.245, -104.874Fort St. Vrain
Fort St. Vrain, nuclear power plant in United States, operated one high-temperature gas reactor between 1979 and 1989 and is now shut down.
- Country
- United States
- Units
- 1
- Technology
- HTGR
- Net capacity
- —
- First grid connection
- 1979
- Operator
- Public Service Company of Colorado
- Owner
- —
- Status
- Shut down
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Operating capacity
0 MWe
net electrical
Units
1
0 operating
First start-up
1979
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. Vrain | High-temperature gas (HTGR) | General Atomics | Shut down | 330 | 842 | Sep 1968 | Dec 1976 | Aug 1989 | — |
Data: IAEA PRIS · Wikipedia · updated on Sep 17, 2026
Fort St. Vrain, a 330 MWe HTGR (General Atomics), started construction in 1968 and operated from 1976 to 1989.
Operator: Public Service Company of Colorado.