Byron Nuclear Generating Station
The Byron Clean Energy Center is a nuclear power plant located in Ogle County, Illinois, 2 miles east of the Rock River. The reactor buildings were constructed by Commonwealth Edison and house two Westinghouse Four-Loop pressurized water reactors, Unit 1 and Unit 2, which began operation in September 1985 and August 1987 respectively.Photo: iluvcocacola, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: nuclear power plant in Ogle County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Byron Nuclear Power Plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Byron and Oregon.
Byron
Village
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Byron is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, probably best known as the location of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station, one of the last nuclear power plants commissioned in the United States. Byron is situated 4 miles north of Byron Nuclear Generating Station.
Oregon
Town
Oregon is a city in and the county seat of Ogle County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oregon had a population of 3,604. Oregon is situated 5 miles southwest of Byron Nuclear Generating Station.
Stillman Valley
Village
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Stillman Valley is a village in Marion Township, Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It lies east of Byron, south of Rockford and west of Davis Junction. Stillman Valley is situated 6 miles northeast of Byron Nuclear Generating Station.
Byron Nuclear Generating Station
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Rockvale Township, Ogle, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.07535° or 42° 4′ 31″ northLongitude
-89.28267° or 89° 16′ 58″ westInception
September 1985Operator
Exelon NuclearOpen location code
86JG3PG8+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 117681050OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q1247509
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Byron Nuclear Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة بايرون للطاقة النووية”
- Czech: “Byronská jaderná elektrárna”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Byron”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Byron”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Byron”
- Japanese: “バイロン原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Byron kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Byron kjernekraftverk”
- Russian: “АЭС Байрон”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear de Byron”
- Swedish: “Byron Clean Energy Center”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Байрон”
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