Dresden Clean Energy Center - Dresden Generating Station
WEBDresden Clean Energy Center’s two nuclear reactors in Morris, Illinois, can generate up to 1,845 megawatts (MW) of clean, carbon-free energy, enough electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 1.4 million homes. The site is also home to the nation’s first full-scale, privately financed nuclear plant, which was retired in 1978 and has been ...
Dresden Generating Station - Wikipedia
WEBDresden Station is located on a 953-acre (386 ha) site in Grundy County, Illinois, at the head of the Illinois River, near the city of Morris. It is immediately northeast of the Morris Operation —the only de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States.
Dresden Generating Station | Nuclear Power Plant in Morris, IL
WEBDresden Generating Station is ranked #32 out of 11,717 power plants nationwide in terms of total annual net electricity generation. Dresden Generating Station is comprised of 2 generators and generated 5.3 TWh during the 3-month period between March 2024 to …
Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3 | NRC.gov
WEBJul 20, 2023 · Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3. Location: Morris, IL (23 miles SW of Joliet, IL) in Region III. Operator: Constellation Energy Generation, LLC. Operating License: Issued - 01/12/1971.
Dresden Clean Energy Center - Nuclear Powers IL
WEBDresden Clean Energy Center, located in rural Grundy County in northern Illinois, is home to the nation’s first full-scale, privately financed nuclear power plant, which began operation in 1960.
Dresden - Unit 1 | NRC.gov
WEBMar 14, 2024 · Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, produced power commercially from July of 1960 to its final shutdown on October 31, 1978. The facility is currently in a SAFSTOR condition. All spent fuel from Dresden Unit 1 has been transferred to the on-site Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). A chemical decontamination of …
Exelon Generation to Retire Illinois’ Byron and Dresden Nuclear …
WEBCHICAGO — Exelon Generation announced today that it intends to retire its Byron Generating Station and Dresden Generating Station in fall 2021, resulting in the loss of four nuclear generation units that together supply clean, zero-emissions energy to more than four million homes and businesses in northern Illinois.
Constellation to Seek License Extensions for Two of Its Zero …
WEBWARRENVILLE, Ill. (Oct. 31, 2022) — Constellation, the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy, said today it will ask the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to extend the operating licenses of its Clinton and Dresden nuclear power plants in Illinois by an additional 20 years.
Constellation to seek license extensions for two Illinois nuke plants
WEBOct 31, 2022 · Located in Morris Illinois, the two-unit Dresden Generating Station generates close to 1,800 MW of electricity at capacity. Units 2 and 3 were put into service in the 1970s and are...
Exelon Dresden Nuclear Station in Morris Closing
WEBAug 27, 2020 · Exelon Generation announced today that it intends to retire its Byron Generating Station and Dresden Generating Station in the fall of 2021.
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