LaSalle Generating Station

  • Cooling Lake

    Lake was man-made and used for cooling
  • operation began

    operation began
    unit 1 began commercial operation.
  • operation began

    unit 2 began commercial operation.
  • open to public

    in july of 1997 LaSalle Generating station opened to the public. People are allowed to fish in the lake.
  • ownership of 17 nuclear reactors

    In 2009 exelon had almost full ownership of 17 nuclear reactors in 10 nuclear power plants.
  • transformers

    Transformers were installed to provide carbon free electricity.
  • Merging with constellation energy group

    Exelon merged with constellation energy group
  • unit 1 expired

    the license for unit 1 expires in 2022
  • unit 2 expired

    License for unit 2 expires december 16th