Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station

  • Client: EnergySolutions
  • Location: Omaha, NE
  • Year of Completion: 2024
  • Contract Category: $5M-15M
  • Bid Schedule: 12 months
  • Actual Schedule: 2.5 years
  • SF Demolished: 1,000,000
  • Concrete (tons): 76,000 at 100% diversion
  • Steel (tons): 9,500 at 100% diversion
  • Totals (tons): 85,500 at 100% diversion
  • Categories: Infrastructure / Heavy Civil, Abatement and Remediation, Earthwork, Hard Demolition

Scope

  • The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is a decommissioned nuclear power plant situated on 660 acres along the Missouri River between Fort Calhoun and Blair, Nebraska, with an additional 580 acres maintained in a natural state under utility easement.
  • The plant is owned by the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) and, during operations, generated 484 megawatts of electricity, representing 25 percent of OPPD’s net generation capacity.
  • The project scope was expanded to include the structural demolition and asbestos abatement of 20 building structures and appurtenances, totaling 1,000,000 square feet across 25 acres.
  • Demolition activities include structures up to 180 feet in height, encompassing the turbine building, ballistics enclosures, lift stations, underground utilities, and underground storage tanks (USTs).