Experimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant
Experimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant is a nuclear site in United States with 1 unit on record. None is currently operating.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Retired | - | - | 5 | 1956 |
Unit by unit
Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.
Experimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant 1 Retired
| Reactor type | not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Model | not disclosed |
| Size class | Very small |
| Gross capacity | 5MW |
| Net capacity | not disclosed |
| Thermal output | not disclosed |
| Enrichment | not established |
| NSSS vendor | not on record |
| Owner | US Department of Energy100% |
| Operator | Argonne National Laboratory-West |
| Construction start | 1 Jan 1955 |
|---|---|
| First criticality | 1 Jan 1956 |
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 1956 |
| Permanent shutdown | 1 Jan 1967 |
Experimental Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power plant in context
The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Dresden nuclear power plant (43 km), Braidwood nuclear power plant (57 km) and LaSalle nuclear power plant (77 km).
Nearest tracked nuclear sites
| Site | Country | Distance | Operating GW gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dresden nuclear power plant | United States | 43 km | 1.9 |
| Braidwood nuclear power plant | United States | 57 km | 2.5 |
| LaSalle nuclear power plant | United States | 77 km | 2.4 |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
| Location | Illinois, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41.7194, -87.9891 |
| Elevation | about 230 mabove sea level |
| Setting | About 960 km from the sea |
| Region | Northern America |
| Units by status | Retired: 1 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | US Department of Energy |
|---|---|
| Operators | Argonne National Laboratory-West |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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