Dresden Generating Station
Dresden Generating Station is the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960 and retired in 1978.
ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.- Power station
- …lies at an elevation of 518 feet (158 metres)
- …is operated by Exelon
- Description: Nuclear power plant in Grundy County, Illinois
- Also known as“Dresden Nuclear Power Station”“Dresden Station Nuclear Powerplant”
- Established: August 1970
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Morris Operation.
Morris Operation
The Morris Operation in Grundy County, Illinois… Morris Operation is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Dresden Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.
Minooka
Town
Jet Lowe, Public domain.Dresden Generating Station
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Latitude
41.38972° or 41° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
-88.26835° or 88° 16′ 6″ west
Open location code
86HH9PQJ+VM
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OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Dresden Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة دريسدن النووية”
- Chinese: “德累斯頓核電站”
- Chinese: “德累斯顿核电站”
- Czech: “Dresden-1”
- French: “Centrale nucleaire de Dresden”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Dresden”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Dresden”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Dresden”
- German: “KKW Dresden”
- Japanese: “ドレスデン原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dresden kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dresden Nuclear kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Dresden kjernekraftverk”
- Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Dresden”
- Russian: “АЭС Дрезден”
- Spanish: “Central Nuclear Dresden”
- Spanish: “Dresden Nuclear Power Plant”
- Spanish: “Planta de energia nuclear Dresden”
- Spanish: “Planta de energía nuclear Dresden”
- Swedish: “Dresden Clean Energy Center”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Дрезден”
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