| Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant | |
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 Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant as seen from Humboldt Hill | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Humboldt County, near Eureka, California |
| Coordinates | 40°44′28.76″N 124°12′32.56″W / 40.7413222°N 124.2090444°W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Construction began | Unit 3: November 10, 1960 |
| Commission date | Unit 3: August 1963 |
| Decommission date | Unit 3: September 30, 2020 |
| Construction cost | $65 million (decommissioning cost $1.1 billion) |
| Owner(s) | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| Operator(s) | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactors | 1 |
| Reactor type | BWR |
| Reactor supplier | General Electric |
| Site elevation | 44 feet (dry cask storage of radioactive fuel and other components) |
| Cooling source | Pacific Ocean |
| Thermal capacity | 220 MWth[1] |
| Power generation | |
| Make and model | General Electric Natural Circulation |
| Units decommissioned | 1 x 65 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 was a 63 MWe nuclear boiling water reactor, owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company that operated from August 1963 to July 1976 just south of Eureka, California, in an area referred to as King Salmon[2] and Fields Landing.
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