Hallam Nuclear Power Facility

Hallam Nuclear Power Facility
Aerial view of Hallam Nuclear Power Facility (right) and Sheldon Power Station (left)
Map
Country
  • United States
Coordinates40°33′30″N 96°47′05″W / 40.55833°N 96.78469°W / 40.55833; -96.78469
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began
  • 1 April 1959
Commission date
  • 1963
Decommission date
  • 1966
Nuclear power station
Reactor supplier
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 75 MW

The Hallam Nuclear Power Facility (HNPF) in Nebraska was a 75 MWe sodium-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear power plant built by Atomics International and operated by Consumers Public Power District of Nebraska.[1] It was built in tandem with and co-located with a conventional coal-fired power station, the Sheldon Power Station.[2] The facility featured a shared turbo generator that could accept steam from either heat source, and a shared control room.

Full power was achieved in July 1963. The facility shut down on September 27, 1964 to resolve reactor problems. In May 1966, Consumers Public Power District rejected their option to purchase the facility from the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). In response, the AEC announced its plan to decommission the facility in June, 1966. The facility operated for 6,271 hours and generated 192,458,000 kW-hrs of electric power.[3]

It was located near Hallam, about 25 miles southwest of Lincoln.

  1. ^ "IAEA - Reactor Details - Hallam". IAEA. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  2. ^ Proceedings of the Sodium Components Information Meeting. Palo Alto, California: Atomic Energy Commission. 1964-08-20. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. ^ Burton, S.F.; Holser, A.G. (1966-10-01). Small nuclear power plants. Tid4500 (Vol 1 ed.). US Atomic Energy Commission. p. 140. Retrieved 31 December 2019.