Nuclear Politics

US Shutdowns / With Byron Closures Looming, Lawmaker Appeals To President Biden To Use Emergency Powers

By David Dalton
25 August 2021

Legislation may come too late to save four Exelon reactors in Illinois
With Byron Closures Looming, Lawmaker Appeals To President Biden To Use Emergency Powers
Two nuclear reactor units at the Byron station are scheduled to be shut down in September. Courtesy Wikipdia.
Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger has sent a letter to president Joe Biden asking him to use his emergency powers to keep Exelon’s Byron and Dresden nuclear power station operating until state or federal energy laws can be passed to financially support the plants.

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