Dresden, Illinois is the USA’s first Nuclear Power Plant ever built. It was established in 1952. The three Dresden units are General Electric boiling water reactors. It is located on a 953 acre (3.9 km²) site in Grundy County, Illinois. It serves Chicago and the northern quarter of the State of Illinois. Dresden 1 was retired in 1978. The NRC, or Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is a United States government agency that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act in 1974, and was first opened January 19, 1975. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official language(s) English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... The Braidwood nuclear power plant is located in Will County in northeastern Illinois. ... The Byron nuclear power plant located in Ogle County, Illinois contains two Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactors, unit 1 and unit 2, which respectively first began operation in September 1985 and August 1987. ... The Clinton Power Station and is 5,000-acre cooling reservoir are located on a 14000-acre site near Clinton, Illinois, USA. Clintons final construction cost exceeded $4 billion, leading the plant to produce some of the most expensive power in the Midwest. ... The LaSalle County nuclear power station, located 11 miles SE of Ottawa, Illinois serves Chicago and northern Illinois. ... The Quad Cities nuclear power plant has two General Electric boiling water reactors. ... State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Senators Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th)  - Land 144,701 km²  - Water 1,042 km² (0. ... The Duane Arnold Energy Center is located on a 500 acre (2 km²) site two miles north of Palo, Iowa, or eight miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. ... State nickname: The Wolverine State, The Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Senators Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) Official language(s) English de-facto Area 96,889 mi² / 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 56,855 mi² / 147,255 km... Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Berrien County, Michigan, on a 650 acre (2. ... Named for the first physicist to create a nuclear reactor, the Enrico Fermi plant is located between Detroit, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio in northeastern Monroe County, Michigan The 94MWe prototype fast breeder reactor Fermi 1 unit operated at the site from 1963 to 1972 and is now in the process... The Palisades nuclear power plant is located on a site of about 490 acres near South Haven, Michigan. ... State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) Senators Mark Dayton (D) Norm Coleman (R) Official language(s) None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8. ... The Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, (a nuclear power plant), is an electricity-generating facility located in Monticello, Minnesota along the Mississippi River. ... The Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant is an electricity-generating facilitiy located in Welch, Minnesota along the Mississippi River. ... State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George Voinovich (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 km² (34th)  - Land 106,154 km²  - Water 10,044 km² (8. ... Davis-Besse nuclear power plant is a single unit nuclear reactor located in Oak Harbor, Ohio. ... The Perry nuclear power plant is a General Electric boiling water reactor located on 1,100 acres (4. ... State nickname: Badger State State motto: Forward Other U.S. States Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Governor Jim Doyle (D) Senators Herb Kohl (D) Russ Feingold (D) Official languages None Area 169,790 km² (23rd)  - Land 140,787 km²  - Water 28,006 km² (17%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,453,896... The Kewaunee nuclear power plant occupies a 900-acre site in Carlton, Wisconsin, 27 miles Southeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin. ... Wisconsin Electric Powers nuclear power plant is located near Two Rivers, Wisconsin and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA. Management of the site was consolidated with the Kewaunee plant. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, NYSE: GE is a multinational technology and services company. ... A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a light water reactor design used in some nuclear power stations. ... Grundy County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official language(s) English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

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