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LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station, located in Brookfield Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, near Marseilles, 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Ottawa, serves Chicago and Northern Illinois with electricity. The plant is owned and operated by Constellation Energy following separation from Exelon Corporation in 2022.
LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station [13] LaSalle County: 2,320 2 19,144,080 [8] Boiling water: Constellation Energy: 1982 1983 2042 (Unit 1) 2043 (Unit 2) Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station [14] Cordova
These four regions oversee the operation of 104 power-producing reactors, and 36 non-power-producing reactors. This oversight is done on several levels, for example: Each power-producing reactor site has Resident Inspectors, who monitor day-to-day operations
LaSalle County Station units 1 and 2 currently holds the world record top two spots for run time without shutting down for boiling water reactors, 739 and 712 days respectively. Both cycles were breaker to breaker. LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,058 acres (833 ha) in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States.
But most focus in the U.S. currently is on smaller nuclear reactors, which advocates hope can be built without the cost and schedule overruns that have plagued Vogtle. For its part, Womack said ...
As “Oppenheimer” captivates audiences, Penn State researchers continue to study nuclear activity. Penn State has operated a nuclear reactor in Centre County for decades. This is its history
The power uprates at Braidwood granted in 2001 make it the largest nuclear plant in the state, generating a net total of 2,386 megawatts. [8] However the three largest Illinois nuclear power plants are nearly equal in generating capability as LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station is only 2 MW less in capacity than Braidwood and Byron ...
A nuclear fusion startup in California called TAE Technologies made headlines last month by raising $250 million in funding from huge companies like Chevron and Google. The company says its ...