It could be the last refueling outage for the Exelon Clinton Nuclear Power Station as a self-imposed deadline for help from the Illinois legislature of May 31 fast approaches.

Brett Nauman is the Exelon Clinton Nuclear Power Station Communications Manager and says this is a yearly shutdown where they refuel their station for the next year.

The Power Station went to an annual refueling outage a few years ago. According to Nauman, one outage would be considered a big outage with lots of extra workers, and the other would be a smaller outage.

With the uncertainty of the future of the plant, Nauman says it is possible this is the last refueling outage for the Power Station.

Nauman says their workers will be in town for another week. He says the smaller outage only lasts a couple weeks.