La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) is a retired Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) nuclear power plant located near La Crosse Wisconsin in the small village of Genoa in Vernon County Wisconsin approximately 17 miles south of La Crosse along the Mississippi River. The site is owned and was operated by the Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC).LACBWR was built in 1967 as part of a federal project to demonstrate the viability of peacetime nuclear power.
