Illinois' Dresden Nuclear Station Takes Unit 2 Offline for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Unit 2 at Dresden Nuclear Generating Station, which is located in Grundy County, Illinois, was manually shut down by plant operators on Tuesday, January 13. The station is owned and operated by Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois).

Unit 2's feed water control level system failed due to a reactor water level transient.

Units 2 and 3 at the station each are capable of producing 867 megawatts. Unit 1 is not longer operational.

Officials continue to investigate the problem and expect to return the unit online by the end of the week. Unit 3 continues to operate and was not affected by the shutdown.

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