Morris Operation
The Morris Operation in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, is the location of the only permanent de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States and holds 772 tons of spent nuclear fuel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dresden Generating Station and Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area.
Dresden Generating Station
Power station
Photo: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain.
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. Dresden Generating Station is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Morris Operation.
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Nature reserve
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a 2,537-acre state park in Illinois. More than half of the state park is a tallgrass prairie maintained as an Illinois Nature Preserve. Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area is situated 2 miles southwest of Morris Operation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.
Channahon
Town
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,383 at the 2020 census. Located in a rural area southwest of Joliet, Illinois, Channahon lies at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers, where they form the Illinois River. Channahon is situated 4 miles northeast of Morris Operation.
Minooka
Town
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,758 at the 2020 census, up from 10,924 at the 2010 census. The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Minooka is situated 5 miles north of Morris Operation.
Carbon Hill
Village
Carbon Hill is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 372 at the 2020 census. Carbon Hill is situated 6 miles south of Morris Operation.
Morris Operation
- Type: Industry
- Description: spent nuclear fuel storage site
- Location: Goose Lake Township, Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.38017° or 41° 22′ 49″ northLongitude
-88.27699° or 88° 16′ 37″ westOpen location code
86HH9PJF+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 1136491806OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q18154654
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Morris Operation” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عملية موريس”
- German: “Morris Operation”
- Russian: “Morris Operation”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include GE-Hitachi Solar - Morris, IL and CPV Three Rivers Energy Center.
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