Braidwoodgeneratingstation

Braidwood Generating Station

  • Opening of unit #1

    Opening of unit #1
    The Braidwood Generatings station opened their first unit in 1987
  • Opening of unit #2

    Opening of unit #2
    THe Braidwood Generating station opened their second unit in 1988
  • Braidwoods first Tritium leak

    Braidwoods first Tritium leak
    Briadwoods first Tritium leak occured in 1996 with 250,000 gallons. Although, they never reported the actaul date, only the year. So, i put the date from when the generating station opened but included the leaks correct year.
  • Braidwoods second Tritium leak

    Braidwoods second Tritium leak
    Braidwood had another tritium leak in the year 1998. Again, they did not report the specific date of the actual leak, only the year. So i put the year the generating station opened, and included the date of the leak.
  • Tritium leak #3

    Tritium leak #3
    The Braidwood generating stations report of the third Tritium leak occured in the year 2000. Once again, they did not inclued the date of the actual leak, only the year. So, i put the date of when the generating station opened, and icluded the correct date of the leak
  • Exelon reported Tirtium leak

    Exelon reported Tirtium leak
    Exelon reported about the Tritium leaks years after the leaks already occured
  • Detected Tritium in drinking water

    Detected Tritium in drinking water
    The nuclear regulatory commision was informed that workers had detected Tritium in drinking water
  • Lawsuit against Exelon

    Lawsuit against Exelon
    Illinois filled a lawsuit against Exelon for their delay of notifying state officals of the tritium accident and company failures
  • Unit #1 operating until 2026

    Unit #1 operating until 2026
  • Unit #2 operating until 2027

    Unit #2 operating until 2027