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US Shutdowns / Exelon Says $6Bn Boost From Proposed Infrastructure Bill Might Not Be Enough To Stop Closures

By David Dalton
4 August 2021

Company warns legislation will come too late to save Byron and Dresden
Exelon Says $6Bn Boost From Proposed Infrastructure Bill Might Not Be Enough To Stop Closures
The Byron Nuclear power station is one of two that are on the verge of closure in Illinois. Courtesy Wikipedia.
Commercial nuclear power plants in the US would get a $6bn lifeline under the bipartisan infrastructure bill moving through Congress and heading for a vote in the US Senate, but Exelon has warned it might not be what is needed to prevent reactor closures.

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