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Duane Arnold Energy Center born in eastern Iowa history
The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo emerged from a 1960s study by Iowa Electric Light and Power Co and partners to assess nuclear power viability. The project grew through planning, financing, and water and land deals, opening as Iowa’s notable 550 megawatt plant with a pumped storage lake by 1977 and facing late 1970s safety protests.
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Duane Arnold Energy Center
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Iowa
Iowa Electric
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Commonwealth
Iowa Electric Board
Sutherland Dows
Dows
Dwight Eisenhower
Atoms For Peace Commission
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the Gazette
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Central Iowa Power Cooperative
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Corn Belt Power Cooperative of
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Cedar River
Iowa Conservation Commission
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Conservation Commission
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