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The Clinton Power Station and its 5,000-acre cooling reservoir are located on a 14000-acre site near Clinton, Illinois. Clinton’s final construction cost exceeded $4 billion, leading the plant to produce some of the most expensive power in the Midwest. [1]
Clinton Power Station is one of Exelon's newest nuclear power stations, is located in Central Illinois, in the middle of a triangle of the cities of Bloomington/Normal to the north, Champaign/Urbana to the east, and Decatur to the south. The station is located just six miles east of Clinton, Ill. in DeWitt County. The station is built on a 14,300-acre site, and its 5000-acre cooling lake was formed by building a dam at the convergence of Salt Creek and the North Fork of Salt Creek. Clinton Power Station provided electricity to customers for the first time on April 24, 1987 and reached 100 percent power on September 15, 1987. The initial construction cost for the station was $4.25 billion. [2]
Contact Information
Clinton Nuclear Power Plant
PO Box 678
Byron, Illinois (IL) 61727
USA
