Sheldon Power Station
Sheldon Power Station is a coal-fired power station located near Hallam, Nebraska. It is the site of the former Hallam Nuclear Generating Station which operated from 1962 to 1964. Plant information Construction of Sheldon Station began in 1958--first as a combined nuclear and conventional facility. It was the pioneer sodium graphite nuclear power plant in the nation. The nuclear portion of the plant began operating early in 1963 and was at full power by July, 1963. However, this portion of the facility was ordered decommissioned by the former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in 1964. The AEC, which built the atomic plant, said it had garnered all the information it wanted about the sodium graphite plant and the former Consumers Public Power District, which cooperated in the project, said it didn't care to operate the nuclear portion of the facility any longer. The decommissioning work was done under the direction of Consumer's employees. It was up to the AEC to determine what to do with the components. Some of the nuclear equipment was shipped to other nuclear plants for reuse while other equipment was stored in Idaho and Washington for future AEC use. What couldn't be