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LaSalle Generating Station in Marseilles, IL 61341

LaSalle Generating Station in Marseilles, IL 61341 (LaSalle County) is a power plant (Exelon Corporation, Nuclear). LaSalle Generating Station is also known as LaSalle County Generating Station. LaSalle Generating Station is located near East 2609th Road. Ⓦ.

Land Use
industrial area
Operator
Exelon Corporation
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Lasalle County Nuclear Generating Station, Near Ottawa, Illinois (7981646921)
LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station, located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Ottawa, Illinois serves Chicago and northern Illinois with electricity. The plant is owned and operated by the Exelon Corporation. Its Units 1 and 2 began commercial operation in August 1982 and April 1984, respectively. It has two General Electric boiling water reactors. LaSalle's Unit 1 is capable of generating 1200 net megawatts, while Unit 2 is capable of generating 1200 net megawatts, together generating a total of 2,400 net megawatts which is enough electricity to support the electricity needs of more than two million average American homes. Instead of cooling towers, the station has a 2,058 acres (8.33 km2) man-made cooling lake, which is also a popular fishery — LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area — managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. LaSalle County Station units 1 and 2 currently holds the world record top two spots for run time without shutting down for boiling water reactors, 739 and 712 days respectively. Both cycles were breaker to breaker. LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,058 acres (833 ha) in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is a man-made lake, built as a cooling pond for the LaSalle County Generating Station. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_County_Nuclear_Generating_S... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_Lake_State_Fish_and_Wildlif... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... – Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 – Wikimedia Commons

Streets nearby

East 25th Road
1.2 mi
East 2609th Road
1.3 mi
North 23rd Road
1.8 mi
East 24th Road
2.3 mi
North 2379th Road
2.4 mi
East 26th Road
2.5 mi
East 2650th Road
2.5 mi
Forrest Road
2.6 mi
North 2409th Road
2.7 mi
North 2375th Road
2.8 mi
S Main Street
2.9 mi
North 22nd Road
3.0 mi
East 28th Road
Maxton and Woodside Cemetery
3.0 mi
Forrest Drive
3.1 mi
East 23rd Road
3.1 mi
Fox Run
3.2 mi
North 21st Road
Saint Marys Church
3.2 mi
North 2350th Road
Reed Crossing
3.2 mi
Eagle Chase Drive
3.4 mi
Whippoorwill Lane
3.5 mi
East 2360th Road
3.5 mi
North 19th Road
3.6 mi
East 2850th Road
3.6 mi
East 27th Road
3.6 mi
North 20th Road
3.6 mi
Meadow Court
3.7 mi
North 2420th Road
3.7 mi
North 25th Road
3.8 mi
Brookfield Court
3.8 mi
South Lake Street
3.9 mi
Fessler Court
3.9 mi
Timber Court
3.9 mi
Wehru Drive
4.0 mi
North 2450th Road
4.0 mi
North 2553rd Road
4.1 mi
North 18th Road
4.1 mi
County Highway 30
4.3 mi
East 2350th Road
4.4 mi
Hillsman Lane
4.6 mi
North 2653rd Road
4.9 mi
East 2659th Road
4.9 mi

Cemeteries nearby

Hegland Cemetery
3.8 mi

Landfills nearby

LaSalle Spent Fuel Storage
0.2 mi

Marinas nearby

Spring Brook Marina
4.1 mi

Military areas nearby

Marseilles Training Area
1.5 mi

Railways nearby

CSX Seneca Siding
4.9 mi

Streams nearby

Covel Creek
3.4 mi

Waters nearby

LaSalle County Nuclear Station Cooling Pond
0.5 mi

Other nearby

LaSalle Substation
0.1 mi
Located in Brookfield Township, Illinois
Country United States
Power output 2340
Website https://www.exeloncorp.com/locations/power-plants/lasalle-county-generating-station