The Clinton Power Station is back online.

 

Officials with Exelon Generation announced Tuesday that operators returned Clinton Power Station to full power Monday, successfully completing a scheduled refueling outage that began May 8. 

 

“The work done over the past several weeks will help us continue to provide clean, safe, reliable power to Central Illinois consumers for years to come,” said Clinton Station site vice president Ted Stoner. 

 

More than 1,500 additional workers joined Clinton employees to complete the refueling outage.  While the unit was offline, technicians replaced nearly one-third of the reactor’s fuel and performed thousands of inspections, tests, maintenance activities and modifications. 

 

Clinton Power Station is one of six high-performing Illinois nuclear facilities owned and operated by Exelon Generation, supplying 90 percent of the state’s carbon-free power. 

 

Clinton had been slated to close June 1, but passage of the Future Energy Jobs Act in December is expected to preserve the Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear plants for at least 10 more years of operation.