the state’s 6 nuclear power plants, with 11 total reactors, produced 52% of the state’s electricity net generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Illinois aims ...

At that time, the company operated the Zion Nuclear Power Station, the second-largest nuclear energy producing plan ...

Restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant in western Michigan will transform the facility’s neighboring towns, local county officials hope. Found just off a rural two-lane highway over 60 miles south of ...

Springfield lawmakers will hash out a plan to move solar and wind projects forward after sluggish growth for clean power in Illinois and a recent rise in coal and natural gas demand.

Illinois leads the US with 11 reactors at ... essential because it's the most reliable energy source we have. Nuclear power plants operate at 100% capacity about 93% of the time, according to ...

For the past 12 years, Zion Mayor Billy McKinney said the city sought relief from the impact of the closure of the Exelon nuclear power plant. It initially arrived in 2021, when the Illinois Clean ...

There’s been renewed interest in nuclear power — and restarting mothballed plants — amid increased demand for electricity from technologies like data centers and efforts to lower greenhouse ...