Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
The Palo Verde Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located near Tonopah, Arizona about 45 miles west of downtown Phoenix. Palo Verde generates the second most electricity of any power plant in the United States per year, and is the second largest power plant by net generation as of 2021.
Cuhlik, Public domain.- Power station
- …lies at an elevation of 961 feet (293 metres)
- …is operated by the Arizona Public Service
- Description: Nuclear power plant near Tonopah in Maricopa County, Arizona. Largest nuclear power plant in the United States.
- Address: Tonopah, AZ
- Established: April 24, 1986
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Latitude
33.38652° or 33° 23′ 12″ north
Longitude
-112.86476° or 112° 51′ 53″ west
Open location code
855994PP+J3
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OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة أريزونا للطاقة النووية”
- Chinese: “帕洛佛得核电站”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Palo Verde”
- Czech: “JE Palo Verde”
- Finnish: “Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Palo Verde”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Palo Verde”
- German: “KKW Palo Verde”
- Japanese: “パロベルデ原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palo Verde kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Palo Verde kjernekraftverk”
- Russian: “АЭС Пало-Верде”
- Serbian: “Нуклеарна електрана Пало Верде”
- Spanish: “Central Nuclear Palo Verde”
- Spanish: “Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station”
- Spanish: “Planta de energía nuclear Palo Verde”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Пало-Верде”
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