LaSalle Generating Station

By mollymichy123

  • Cooling Lake

    Lake was man-made and used for cooling
  • operation began

    operation began

    unit 1 began commercial operation.

  • operation began

    unit 2 began commercial operation.

  • open to public

    in july of 1997 LaSalle Generating station opened to the public. People are allowed to fish in the lake.

  • ownership of 17 nuclear reactors

    In 2009 exelon had almost full ownership of 17 nuclear reactors in 10 nuclear power plants.

  • transformers

    Transformers were installed to provide carbon free electricity.

  • Merging with constellation energy group

    Exelon merged with constellation energy group

  • unit 1 expired

    the license for unit 1 expires in 2022

  • unit 2 expired

    License for unit 2 expires december 16th