Clinton Nuclear Unit in Illinois Shuts Down for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Clinton Nuclear Station, which is located in Clinton, Illinois, and is owned by Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Dearborn Illinois), shut down its 1,043-megawatt Unit 1 on Friday morning due to a leak in the electro-hydraulic-control system. Plant officials said that they anticipate the outage repairs to be brief, but they are still investigating the cause.

Plant officials say that the investigation will continue through the weekend. Once it has completed, repairs will resume. The unit is projected go back online by Tuesday, April 30, if there are no delays.

Clinton Nuclear station has one generating unit when at full load; the plant is capable of generating a capacity of 1,043 megawatts.

Exelon Corporation is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with 34,700 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. Exelon's utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 6.6 million customers in central Maryland, northern Illinois, & southeastern Pennsylvania.

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