EXELON CORPORATION Operators at Dresden Generating Station removed Unit 2 from service at 7:04 p.m. CT, after receiving a system notification for an elevated water level in the reactor.
MORRIS, Ill. (Jan. 13, 2015) - Operators at Dresden Generating Station removed Unit 2 from service at 7:04 p.m. CT, after receiving a system notification for an elevated water level in the reactor. The unit shut down and performed as expected, and the water has been returned to normal operating levels.
Station technical experts are looking into the cause of the issue.
Dresden Unit 3 continues to operate at full power.
Dresden Generating Station is approximately 60 miles southwest of Chicago. The station's two nuclear energy units can produce more than 1,900 megawatts at full power - enough carbon-free electricity to power more than 1.2 million typical homes. Dresden Unit 1, which began commercial operation in 1960 and was retired in 1978, has been designated a Nuclear Historic Landmark by the American Nuclear Society.
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Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation's cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company's Constellation business unit provides energy products and services to approximately 100,000 business and public sector customers and more than one million residential customers. Exelon's utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 7.8 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).
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