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... Wikipedia
- Official name: Byron Clean Energy Center
- Country: United States
- Location: Rockvale Township, Ogle County, near Byron, Illinois
- Status: O
- Construction began: April 1, 1975
- Commission date: Unit 1: September 16, 1985, Unit 2: August 2, 1987
- Construction cost: $4.5 billion (2007 USD)
- Owner(s): Constellation Energy
- Operator(s): Constellation Energy
- Reactor type: PWR
- Reactor supplier: Westinghouse
- Units operational: 1 × 1164 MW, 1 × 1136 MW
- Make and model: WH 4-loop (DRYAMB)
- Thermal capacity: 2 × 3645 MW th
- Capacity factor: 97.8% (2019), 88.45% (lifetime)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo