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The Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant was a nuclear power plant built by Northern States Power Company. It was located just northeast of Sioux Falls South Dakota and west of its suburb of Brandon. It was named for the 19th century explorer John C. Pathfinder Fremont and was constructed in the mid-1960s in partnership with a group of other investor-owned utilities. The main goal of this facility was to be a ‘proof of concept’ plant to gain practical experience in operating a nuclear plant.