Nearly 500 guests and visitors toured the training facility at the Clinton Power Station Monday night for its annual community open house.

Crystal Brinkley told Regional Radio during its live coverage the event offers a chance for the community to learn more about the station, and its operations and speak with employees of the station.

Communications Manager Paul Dempsey indicates the power station has some exciting things happening. He indicates they will soon be preparing for a fall outage that will welcome hundreds of contracted employees for the refueling and maintenance of the plant. 

Angela Olesom was welcoming individuals at the main entrance of the training facility. She is the Supervisor of Records Management and told Regional Radio about the employee giving they do each and every year.

Tenesha Swan is the training project specialist at the power plant and indicates getting on at Constellation doesn't always require an advanced degree.

Bob Pakidis was helping lead demonstrations of the wildly popular control room simulator. He feels it is great to get the community in that room and experience what the actual control room is like and how things work at the power station.

The open house was from 4 pm to 7 pm Monday with Moe's Southwest Grill in Bloomington catering the event. Organizers were very pleased with the turnout and always appreciate the community coming out to support them and be a part of its events.