Driving down the 5 through Oregon, I always was shocked to see a giant 500 foot tall nuclear cooling tower poking up out of the beautiful Columbia River scenery. This, as I learned, was the Trojan Nuclear Power Plan, and on May 21, the cooling tower was demolished.
It was closed in 1993 due to financial and safety reasons and has been slowly decommissioned in stages since then. I personally feel this plant was the inspiration for Homer Simpson’s workplace, but I’m not sure if that can be confirmed.
Portland General Electric says the plant won’t be fully decommissioned until 2024, but in the mean time, fans of the plant’s shut down can feast their eyes on images of the implosion at the Trojan Explosion Flickr Group here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/trojanimplosion/
And of course, youtube.com video available here:
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The Simpsons power plant is no more! What will mr burns do!?
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