La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

1.0 Site Identification

2.0 Site Status Summary

The La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) is owned and was operated by the Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC). LACBWR was a nuclear power plant of nominal 50 Mw electrical output, which utilized a forced-circulation, direct-cycle boiling water reactor as its heat source. The plant is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Vernon County, Wisconsin. The plant was one of a series of demonstration plants funded, in part, by the U.S Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The nuclear steam supply system and its auxiliaries were funded by the AEC, and the balance of the plant was funded by DPC. The Allis-Chalmers Company was the original licensee; the AEC later sold the plant to DPC and provided them with a provisional operating license.

LACBWR was shut down on April 30, 1987. The SAFSTOR decommissioning plan (DP) was approved on August 7, 1991. The DP is considered the post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR). The PSDAR public meeting was held on May 13, 1998. DPC has been conducting dismantlement and decommissioning activities. DPC is developing an onsite independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) and plans to move spent fuel to the ISFSI in 2011. The current decommissioning cost estimate is $67.1 million. The amount of decommissioning funds accumulated through December 31, 2009, is $71.7 million. No further annual amounts are currently scheduled to be collected.

3.0 Major Technical or Regulatory Issues

None

4.0 Estimated Date For Closure

01/01/2026