Trojan Nuclear Plant implosion

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Spectators watch from the Washington side of the Columbia River as the first clouds of dust billow from the Sunday morning implosion of the Trojan Nuclear Plant in Rainier, Ore. The 499-foot tower, which took a year to build and went online in 1976, tumbled to the ground in about 10 seconds. Trojan, a longtime Interstate 5 landmark, was once billed as the model for other nuclear plants to be built in the Northwest.

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