La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor - Genoa, WI
N 43° 33.594 W 091° 13.797
15T E 642958 N 4824515
On July 11, 1967, the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor achieved its first self-sustaining chain reaction. It was shut down in 1987. It is located at S4651 State Road 35 in Genoa, WI.
Waymark Code: WM4Z1J
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2008
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From the Dairyland Power Cooperative web site (
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"The La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) was built in 1967 as part of a joint project with the federal Atomic Energy Commission to demonstrate the peacetime use of nuclear power. Dairyland built the turbine, generator and plant auxiliary systems. In 1973, the reactor and fuel were transferred to Dairyland Power Cooperative. At the time, both parties believed that spent nuclear fuel would be reprocessed and would not become a long-term storage problem. Reprocessing was terminated through a presidential executive order by Jimmy Carter in April 1977.
LACBWR was shutdown and placed in SAFSTOR in April 1987."