Trojan in Twilight: Administration Building Parking Lot

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Rail Spur on April 22, 2006.

Walking across what remains of the Administration Building's parking lot, there are a couple of things to notice. One is this railroad spur.

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Rail Spur on April 22, 2006.

Though it currently stops at the edge of the parking lot, the path it cut through it is still clearly visible, and the extra rails are still on site.

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Rail Spur on April 22, 2006.

This spur out into the parking lot was added around 1998, when radioactive concrete was being removed from the Containment Building. This concrete was loaded into railroad cars and shipped to a facility in Tennessee, where it could be properly processed.

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Administration Building Parking Lot Light on April 22, 2006.

Another item of note in the Administration Building Parking Lot is the pole-mounted parking lot lights. As of 2006, there are only three of these lights remaining, though there used to be quite a few more. The rest were removed when the fence around the switching station was expanded into the parking lot.

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Administration Building Parking Lot Light on April 22, 2006.

These may be unique Trojan lights, used only at the Administration Building. They cannot be found anywhere else on the Trojan site. They continue the dome-shaped theme of other lights on the site. Also around the Administration Building are some of the tall metal lights like those used around the Training Building and the Visitors Information Center parking lot.

Box Elder Bugs in the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Administration Building Parking Lot on April 22, 2006.

The Administration Building Parking Lot was not entirely deserted; these Box Elder Bugs appeared to be prospering.

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