The Edgemont Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant located outside of Edgemont, South Dakota, in the Black Hills. It's also referred to as the Black Hills Nuclear Power Plant.
Background[]
The Edgemont Nuclear Power Plant was built sometime in the last 30 years. Homer Stubbins was involved in designing the plant. Hundreds of staff worked there including a robot named Robbie until the apocalypse began when only 3 people where left alive in Edgemont.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season 1[]
"Going Nuclear"[]
After the outbreak, the plant has been overrun by zombies. Due to a leak in the core, the zombies have been exposed to radiation, making them doubly dangerous. The Westward-Bound Survivor Group unintentionally enter the plant and encounter some radioactive zombies in "Going Nuclear".
The reactor is threatening to contaminate a 300-mile radius when it melts down in the next 48 hours. Amelia promises to fly out Murphy in a small airplane if things totally go south. They run through and kill a ton of zombies, get Wilbur into a working elevator, and flee the scene. Shortly thereafter, Wilbur returns from the plant, unsuccessful in his attempt to shut down the reactor.
In order to prevent the meltdown the group infiltrates former chief engineer of the plant Homer Stubbins’s Homestead and get his help.
Homer takes 10K into the reactor and discovers that something is blocking the rods from falling, so they send in a remote-controlled wheeled robot named Robbie to do the trick, which fails pretty abysmally once the zombies get a hold of it.
Back in Edgemont, when they reach the reactor, the team splits up: 10K and Homer go in while Doc and Cassandra go out to join Roberta. During a zombie attack, Homer's suit is breached and he is exposed to the radioactivity. No longer concerned for his own safety, he decides to get even closer to the radioactive pool with 10K's help. He is lowered toward the liquid on a rope.
Homer and 10K manage to shut down the reactor, after which Homer tells his young friend to kill him. 10K can't bring himself to shoot Homer, so the old man makes it easier on him by dropping himself into the pool and dies.
The group outside the plant as Wilbur Grady explains the situation and plan.
Amelia worked with her father to shut down the critical reactor in the Edgemont Nuclear Power Plant. She and her father saved the Westward-Bound Survivor Group from a bunch of radioactive zombies when they stumbled into the power plant. Amelia joined them when they tried to shut down the damaged reactor, which resulted in her fathers death.
Employees[]
- Homer Stubbins (Formerly, Deceased)
- Wilbur Grady (Deceased)
- Robbie (Deceased)
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