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Illinois Nuke Plants Dumping Millions of Gallons of Near 100-Degree Water into Waterways via Common Dreams

Posted on 2012/08/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is allowing power stations “to dump millions of gallons of hot water into Illinois waterways each day,” a Chicago Tribune report released Monday shows. Byron Nuclear plant in Illinois (photo: Michael Kappel) Coal and nuclear … Continue reading →

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Exelon’s Byron 2 Reactor in Illinois Restores Offsite Power via Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted on 2012/02/01 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Exelon Corp., the largest U.S. utility holding company, restored offsite power to the Byron 2 reactor in Illinois that was knocked out two days ago by electrical equipment failure. The plant, 85 miles (137 kilometers) west … Continue reading →

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Release: Nuclear Power Plants Pose Risks to Drinking Water for Illinois via Nuclear Energy Information Services (NEIS)

Posted on 2012/01/30 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

PRESS RELEASE 10:00 AM January 24, 2011 CONTACT: Brian Imus, Illinois PIRG 312-544-4433 x210 brian@illinois.org.org David Kraft, NEIS 773-342-7650 Nuclear Power Plants Pose Risks to Drinking Water for Illinois Chicago, IL – The drinking water for 652,000 people in Illinois … Continue reading →

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Backup generators kick in after shutdown at Exelon’s Byron plant via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2012/01/30 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Backup diesel generators are supplying power to one of two units at Byron nuclear power plant after the plant lost power this morning. Viktoria Mitlyng, spokeswoman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Region III office Lisle, said two diesel generators are … Continue reading →

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Byron Station Unit 2 Loses Power, Declares Lowest Emergency Classification via WIFR.com

Posted on 2012/01/30 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

BYRON (WIFR) — A little before 10:30 this morning the Byron Nuclear Plant lost power and unit two went offline. Plant engineers are still trying to figure out why it happened. The plant has safeguards that go into effect automatically … Continue reading →

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