Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant
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 and Fields Landing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: nuclear power plant
- Also known as: “Humboldt Bay Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Berta’s Ranch Covered Bridge.
Berta’s Ranch Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berta’s Ranch Covered Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King Salmon and Spruce Point.
King Salmon
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
King Salmon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, located on the shore of Buhne Point directly across from the entrance to Humboldt Bay, slightly south of Eureka and 1 mile north of Fields Landing, at an elevation of 3 feet.
Spruce Point
Hamlet
Humboldt Hill is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. Humboldt Hill rises to an elevation of 636 feet. The population was 3,498 at the 2020 census, up from 3,414 at the 2010 census.
Fields Landing
Hamlet
Fields Landing is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located on Humboldt Bay 6 miles south-southwest of downtown Eureka, at an elevation of 13 feet. The ZIP Code is 95537. The population was 287 at the 2020 census.
Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.74087° or 40° 44′ 27″ northLongitude
-124.20892° or 124° 12′ 32″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Inception
December 1956Operator
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Open location code
84GQPQRR+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 1071143538OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة خليج هومبولت للطاقة النووية”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Humboldt Bay”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Humboldt Bay”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Humboldt Bay”
- Japanese: “フンボルト・ベイ原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Humboldt-bukta kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Humboldt-bukta kjernekraftverk”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear de Humboldt Bay”
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