Dresden Generating Station

Dresden Generating Station is an electrical substation in Goose Lake Township, Grundy, Illinois. Dresden Generating Station is situated nearby to Skinner Island, as well as near the cliff Kankakee Bluffs.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dresden Generating Station and Morris Operation.

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 680 feet southeast of Dresden Generating Station.

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. Morris Operation is situated 1 mile southwest of Dresden Generating Station.

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 3½ miles northeast of Dresden Generating Station.

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 4½ miles north of Dresden Generating Station.

Dresden Generating Station

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Goose Lake Township, Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.39143° or 41° 23′ 29″ north

Longitude

-88.26932° or 88° 16′ 10″ west

Open location code

86HH9PRJ+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1482075233

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