Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant
The Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Power Plant is a former commercial nuclear power station located near the town of Platteville in northern Colorado in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: natural gas-fired powerplant
- Also known as: “Fort St. Vrain Generating Station”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Platteville and Gilcrest.
Platteville
Village
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Platteville is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,955 at the 2020 census. It is adjacent to Fort Vasquez on U.S. Highway 85. Platteville is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant.
Gilcrest
Village
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The Town of Gilcrest is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,029 at the 2020 United States census. Gilcrest is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Gilcrest is situated 6 miles northeast of Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant.
Milliken
Village
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Milliken is a statutory town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 8,386 at the 2020 United States census. Milliken is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Milliken is situated 6 miles north of Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant.
Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant
- Categories: gas turbine power station, natural gas-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Weld, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.24518° or 40° 14′ 43″ northLongitude
-104.87358° or 104° 52′ 25″ westElevation
4,839 feet (1,475 metres)Inception
May 1996Operator
Public Service Co of ColoradoOpen location code
85GQ64WG+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 64854213OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣符仑堡核电站”
- Chinese: “聖弗萊恩堡核電厰”
- Chinese: “聖符侖堡核電站”
- French: “centrale de Fort Saint-Vrain”
- French: “Centrale de Fort Saint-Vrain”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Fort St. Vrain”
- Japanese: “フォート・セント・ブレイン原子力発電所”
- Japanese: “フォート・セント・ブレイン発電所”
- Japanese: “フォートセントブレイン原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort St. Vrain kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Fort St. Vrain kraftverk”
- Polish: “Elektrownia Fort St. Vrain”
- Spanish: “Planta de energia nuclear Fort St. Vrain”
- Spanish: “Planta de energía nuclear Fort St. Vrain”
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