Elk River Station
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'''Elk River Station''' is an [[incinerator]] operating in [[Elk River, Minnesota]] that generates 35 to 42 [[megawatt]]s of [[electricity|electrical]] power. The site was originally built as a [[coal]] and [[oil]]-fired facility in 1950, then was converted to a [[nuclear power plant]] ([[boiling water reactor]]) in 1963. The [[nuclear reactor]] was small and only operated from 1964 until 1968 before undergoing decommission and dismantlement in the following years, ending in the early 1970s. It resumed operating on coal and oil in 1968. In 1989, the facility was again converted, this time to use [[Waste-to-energy|waste]] for fuel. Waste arrives from [[Anoka County, Minnesota|Anoka]], [[Benton County, Minnesota|Benton]], [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin]], [[Sherburne County, Minnesota|Sherburne]], and [[Stearns County, Minnesota|Stearns]] counties, and the ash remaining after incineration is taken to a [[landfill]] in [[Becker, Minnesota]]. Elk River Station is operated by the [[Great River Energy]] [[cooperative]].
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==External links==
*[http://www.greatriverenergy.com/about/biomass.html Elk River Station]
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[[Category:Incinerators]]
[[Category:Nuclear power stations in the United States Region 3]]
[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Energy resource facilities in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Waste processing sites]]
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