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U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Reactor:
LaSalle County Unit 1
Location:

Seneca, Illinois
Local population: 23,350 (10-mile radius)

Type:

Boiling Water Reactor

Status:

Operating
Licensed to operate from 04/17/82-04/17/22

Owner:

Exelon

Safety Issues:

Elevated Spent Fuel Pool, Groundwater Leaks Reported, Year Plus Outages


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Related Links & Documents

09/18/2006   UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in September 1996 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report.  See details | Download the pdf (1.5 kb)

04/12/2006  UCS expressed concerns to NRC Region III that operators intentionally disabled emergency systems during February 2006 event for the wrong reasons, just as operators at Three Mile Island Unit 2 and Chernobyl Unit 4 had done to transform relatively minor events into nuclear disasters.  Download the pdf

02/21/2006   UCS explained an event in which the reactor was shut down and a Site Area Emergency declared, for only the third time in U.S. nuclear plant history.  Download the pdf