Unit 3 at Illinois' Dresden Nuclear Station Begins Refueling Outage

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Unit 3 at the Dresden Nuclear Generating Station in Illinois started its refueling outage Monday and expects to complete it before the Thanksgiving holiday. Dresden is owned and operated by Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXE) (Chicago).

This outage will address other maintenance concerns, and it will include inspections and testing. Dresden is currently on a 24-month refueling cycle, with the next scheduled for November 2015 on Unit 2.

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The outage project has a total investment value of $20 million.
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Dresden is located in Grundy County, at the head of the Illinois River, near Morris, Illinois. Dresden originally had three operating units, but Unit 1 retired in 1978, leaving units 2 and 3 to serve Chicago and the northern quarter of Illinois. Each of these units are capable of producing 867 megawatts.

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