2025 Nyland Prize Catalogue

17 | Birds & Cooling Tower, Satsop Nuclear Power Plant, Elma, WA. | Brett Leigh Dicks | $1250 | Photographic Print

The Satsop Nuclear Power Plant, were two of five planned nuclear power plants by the Washington Public Power Supply System to meet projected electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest. When constructed costs skyrocketed, the project was mothballed. The plant’s abandoned cooling towers still stand, providing a safe nesting site for birds.