Nuclear

1974 · ref. 64132 — Portland OR: Portland General Electric Company 1974-1979. Two vols. hick 4to. 11.25 x 11.75 x 3.25 in. Approx. 1200 leaves sections variously numbered. w/ thumb tab sections printed affixed at fore-edges w/ over 100 maps many large folding most colour folding charts graphs diagrams; large folding site map in vol. 2. Original green vinyl 3-ring binders black lettering stamped on front covers & spines occasional interior age toning shelfwear rubbing still a VG set from the library of Dr. Clive F. “Rick” Kienle 1942-2025 geologist and specialist in aerial photo mapping . First edition of this very scarce original safety analyses reports for Portland General Electric’s pair of nuclear power plants to have been constructed at Pebble Springs in Gilliam County Oregon as part of a group with the proposed Trojan Nuclear Power plant licensed to run beginning in 1976 at 1100 Megawatts. These nuclear power plants had been proposed and begun development soon after construction began at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant and by 1979 over $ 250 million had been spent by the State of Oregon and PGE on development costs. The two reactors would have been located 3 miles southeast of the Columbia River would have consisted of a Nuclear Steam System for each plant with a Reactor Coolant System supplied by Babcock & Wilcox square lattice reactor cores and abundant auxiliary systems. These reports include a myriad of updates carried out during the regulatory review of the project and the preliminary development work but after passage in 1980 of Ballot Measure 7 by Oregon voters no nuclear power plants could be considered for construction unless there was a Federal high-level waste repository and approval by Oregon voters. Several nuclear power plants had been proposed and received geotechnical studies in the Pacific Northwest following up the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant constructed upon the site of the former Trojan Powder Co. plant site as well as adjacent properties beginning in 1967. Pitched to PGE as a means to solve the exploding power usage demand in the fast-growing Portland OR area in the Mid-20th-Century by Admiral Lewis Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission PGE and 13 other utilities began planning in 1967 and construction began July 30 1968. PGE chose to build a pressurized water reactor plant and the enormous plant and huge construction cost were projected at the time to be cheaper than coal-fired power plants to supplement the massive hydropower presence in the PNW. Oregon Governor Tom McCall established the first Nuclear Siting Task Force of the Nuclear Development Coordinating Committee in 1969 in order to approve location of nuclear power plants consistent with Oregon’s environmental protections as well as comply with the forthcoming Clean Air Act passed in 1970. Should be noted that the original Pebble Springs site is now the location of a massive 99 Megawatt Wind Farm. Worldcat locates 4 copies of similar reports divided into more volumes - Multnomah County PSU UO WA State Lib; See: Timeline of Oregon’s Energy History Oregon Department of Energy 2026; McTeague Renewable Energy Not Nuclear is the Oregon Way Oregon Capital Chronicle March 26 2026. Portland General Electric Company, unknown