Friday, May 16, 2014

Trojan in Twilight: Views from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club

IMG_1736 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

FH000011 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

IMG_1740 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

FH000002 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

The closest a person can get to Trojan in the State of Washington is the boat launch of the Kalama Sportsmen's Club. This is also the best view of the Containment Building short of being on a boat.

IMG_1737 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Power Block on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Power Block from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

FH000003 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Power Block on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Power Block from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

FH000004 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Power Block on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Power Block from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

From here, you can clearly see the opening in the Containment Building through which the reactor vessel was removed in 1999 for transport to Hanford. You can also see the Fuel Building and the back side of the Turbine Building, both under demolition.

IMG_1738 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

IMG_1739 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

And, of course, there's the Cooling Tower, waiting out its days.

STITCH_1741B Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Panorama on April 22, 2006
Panorama of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

The panorama from this spot is impressive.

IMG_1763 View of Prescott, Oregon on April 22, 2006
View of Prescott, Oregon from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

From here the tiny community of Prescott, Oregon, can be seen across the Columbia River to the north.

FH000008 Trojan Dock on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Dock from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

FH000008 Closeup of Trojan Dock on April 22, 2006
Close-up of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Dock from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

From here there is also a view of the dock south of the cooling tower. When the reactor was removed from the plant it was loaded onto the barge at this dock on August 6, 1999.

FH000009 Trojan Beacon on April 22, 2006
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Beacon from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

FH000009 Closeup of Trojan Beacon on April 22, 2006
Close-up of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Beacon from the Kalama Sportsmen’s Club boat launch on April 22, 2006.

There is also a small rocky island with a beacon on it to warn ships about Coffin Rock, which juts out into the Columbia River just south of the power plant.

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