History of the Satsop Business Park

The Satsop Business Park located in Elma, WA is home to the Washington Public Power Supply System’s unfinished nuclear power plant units 3 and 5. The unfinished nuclear power plant structures are closed to the public, but join us on this five-part video series to take a look inside many of the unfinished structures. For those interested in visiting the site, you can drive up to the structures, however visitors must stay on the public roads without venturing into any fenced areas.

Intro/Part I: Learn about the history behind the development of the unfinished nuclear power plant units 3 and 5 beginning in 1972 to the present

Part II: Take a look inside Cooling Tower 3 while learning about how it would have operated in a fully functional nuclear power plant

Part III: “A building within a building.” Go inside the Reactor Building 3 and surrounding Reactor Auxiliary Building 3 which extends 55 feet below ground.

Part IV: Go inside the largest building in Grays Harbor County. At 300,000 square feet, the Turbine Building has been repurposed as an industrial and manufacturing facility, but still maintains unique features.

Part V: Hear more about the unit 5 side of the site, and how Cooling Tower 5 is used today.

Got 20 minutes? Experience the FULL tour without breaks in one shot!