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| country = United States| location = Reed Township, Will County, Illinois| status = O| construction_began = August 1, 1975| commissioned = Unit 1: July 29, 1987Unit 2: October 17, 1988| decommissioned = United States dollar>US$4.4 billion (1986) COHEN > FIRST=BERNARD TITLE=THE NUCLEAR ENERGY OPTION LOCATION= PAGE=CHAPTER 9 AUTHOR-LINK=BERNARD COHEN (PHYSICIST) {{Inflation4.4e9US-GDP}} dollars{{Inflation-fn|US-GDP}})| owner = Constellation Energy| operator = Constellation Energy| np_reactor_type = PWRWestinghouse Electric Company>Westinghouse| np_fuel_type = | np_fuel_supplier = | ps_cogeneration = Braidwood Lake is an artificial lake whose levels are maintained by periodically pumping water from the nearby Kankakee RiverLAKE PROFILE -- BRAIDWOOD LAKE>URL=HTTPS://WWW.IFISHILLINOIS.ORG/PROFILES/DISPLAY_LAKE.PHP?WATERNUM=00062ACCESS-DATE=9 APRIL 2018ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20200907063113/HTTPS://WWW.IFISHILLINOIS.ORG/PROFILES/DISPLAY_LAKE.PHP%3FWATERNUM%3D00062, dead, }}| ps_cooling_towers = | ps_units_operational = 1 × 1194 MW1 × 1160 MWWestinghouse Electric Company>WH 4-loop (DRYAMB)| ps_units_uc = | ps_units_planned = | ps_units_cancelled = | ps_units_decommissioned = | ps_thermal_capacity = 2 × 3686 MWth| ps_heating_capacity = | ps_electrical_capacity = 2386| ps_electrical_cap_fac = 93.1% (2021)89.55% (lifetime)| ps_storage_capacity = | ps_annual_generation = 19,474 GWh (2021)| website = Braidwood Generating Station| extra = Braidwood Generating Station is located in Will County in northeastern Illinois, U.S. The nuclear power plant serves Chicago and northern Illinois with electricity. The plant was originally built by Commonwealth Edison company, and subsequently transferred to Com Ed's parent company, Exelon Corporation. Following Exelon's spin-off of their Generation company, the station was transferred to Constellation Energy.This station has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. Unit #1 came online in July 1987. Unit #2 came online in May 1988. The units were licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate until 2026 and 2027,WEB, Energy Information Administration, Energy Information Administration, Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant, Illinois,weblink U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), August 22, 2008, 2010-04-04, then granted extended licenses until 2046 and 2047.WEB, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC Renews Operating Licenses of Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant in Illinois,weblink January 27, 2016, 2016-01-27, Each unit has received two power uprates during their lifetime, the first in May 2001 for 175.6 MWt and the second in February 2014 for 58.4 MWt.WEB, Approved Applications for Power Uprates,weblink 2023-01-03, NRC Web, en-US, The power uprates at Braidwood granted in 2001 make it the largest nuclear plant in the state, generating a net total of 2,386 megawatts.WEB,weblink Exelon, www.exeloncorp.com, 2019-01-28, However the three largest Illinois nuclear power plants are nearly equal in generating capability as LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station is only 2 MW less in capacity than Braidwood and Byron Nuclear Generating Station is only 4 MW less than LaSalle.{{r | EIA_1 }}

Electricity generation {| class"wikitable"

Kilowatt-hour>MWh) of Braidwood Generating StationWEB, Electricity Data Browser,weblink 2022-01-02, www.eia.gov, !Year!Jan!Feb!Mar!Apr!May!Jun!Jul!Aug!Sep!Oct!Nov!Dec!Annual (Total)!2001|1,727,831|1,552,470|1,728,556|1,656,495|1,639,129|1,692,442|1,695,033|1,694,293|1,365,275|1,791,768|1,403,693|1,778,667!19,725,652!2002|1,776,635|1,606,213|1,780,427|1,398,545|1,401,854|1,709,365|1,757,864|1,681,552|1,720,900|1,805,512|1,736,584|1,686,273!20,061,724!2003|1,816,256|1,640,320|1,802,294|1,238,127|1,751,854|1,734,721|1,781,398|1,776,654|1,735,685|1,795,175|1,251,200|1,703,248!20,026,932!2004|1,738,564|1,656,538|1,774,983|1,700,986|1,752,537|1,681,449|1,731,556|1,740,868|1,682,239|1,120,860|1,707,647|1,719,785!20,008,012!2005|1,766,686|1,600,815|1,671,600|1,271,881|1,611,456|1,678,960|1,719,344|1,722,304|1,497,776|1,766,153|1,714,922|1,774,486!19,796,383!2006|1,771,808|1,601,657|1,774,500|1,285,822|1,635,891|1,684,512|1,728,207|1,728,027|1,694,748|1,283,966|1,609,250|1,772,146!19,570,534!2007|1,776,321|1,603,492|1,766,825|1,714,126|1,748,069|1,613,663|1,731,300|1,639,632|1,669,428|960,189|1,662,661|1,772,143!19,657,849!2008|1,731,291|1,614,049|1,772,366|1,406,539|1,253,148|1,684,865|1,731,457|1,730,016|1,684,800|1,762,567|1,716,205|1,698,853!19,786,156!2009|1,773,707|1,601,852|1,703,629|1,066,241|1,752,417|1,681,940|1,708,525|1,604,232|1,684,125|1,191,320|1,685,359|1,774,630!19,227,977!2010|1,775,666|1,603,074|1,771,800|1,706,628|1,751,580|1,676,774|1,718,858|1,337,482|1,613,317|941,921|1,531,083|1,771,752!19,199,935!2011|1,773,967|1,602,025|1,769,725|1,335,527|1,337,621|1,670,148|1,681,029|1,708,345|1,677,370|1,752,582|1,707,585|1,761,103!19,777,027!2012|1,763,387|1,650,893|1,755,352|1,257,537|1,138,637|1,667,525|1,701,080|1,714,248|1,677,589|1,269,307|1,450,645|1,760,134!18,806,334!2013|1,758,895|1,591,601|1,757,169|1,701,870|1,736,436|1,584,370|1,577,738|1,714,573|1,037,402|1,734,598|1,705,258|1,762,065!19,661,975!2014|1,762,037|1,604,657|1,787,766|1,727,061|1,157,984|1,704,049|1,758,188|1,752,907|1,700,921|1,783,708|1,733,837|1,790,550!20,263,665!2015|1,790,116|1,616,252|1,708,243|1,190,005|1,775,399|1,706,635|1,745,967|1,756,624|1,694,698|1,208,233|1,731,106|1,786,733!19,710,011!2016|1,789,077|1,674,933|1,786,565|1,726,257|1,775,552|1,580,024|1,725,072|1,743,664|1,519,219|1,010,762|1,729,216|1,788,928!19,849,269!2017|1,788,994|1,615,460|1,785,899|1,458,880|1,186,574|1,687,165|1,744,669|1,752,523|1,625,618|1,773,757|1,734,093|1,789,922!19,943,554!2018|1,790,375|1,617,645|1,783,945|1,060,125|1,738,028|1,652,448|1,744,664|1,748,081|1,684,169|1,058,731|1,676,171|1,789,077!19,343,459!2019|1,788,805|1,616,748|1,786,313|1,725,411|1,775,688|1,705,590|1,713,430|1,735,984|1,610,607|1,271,291|1,732,484|1,788,789!20,251,140!2020|1,788,805|1,673,358|1,786,237|1,368,679|1,584,026|1,697,373|1,733,347|1,742,565|1,701,985|1,780,056|1,730,552|1,784,693!20,371,676!2021|1,786,312|1,613,598|1,759,852|1,105,601|1,761,009|1,647,573|1,740,232|1,736,255|1,688,411|1,284,508|1,564,316|1,786,680!19,474,347!2022|1,778,624|1,614,176|1,783,478|1,724,063|1,767,739|1,691,225|1,738,769|1,740,020|1,630,078|1,170,952|1,728,711|1,787,795!20,155,630!2023|1,786,471|1,613,815|1,782,559|1,429,487|1,372,505|1,689,637|1,728,909|1,733,311||||!13,136,694

Surrounding population

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of {{convert|10|mi}}, concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about {{convert|50|mi}}, concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.WEB,weblink NRC: Backgrounder on Emergency Preparedness for Nuclear Power Plants, 2012-02-08, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061002131207weblink">weblink 2006-10-02, The 2010 U.S. population within {{convert|10|mi}} of Braidwood was 33,910, an increase of 6.5 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. The 2010 U.S. population within {{convert|50|mi}} was 4,976,020, an increase of 5.3 percent since 2000. Cities within 50 miles include Joliet (20 miles to city center), as well as parts of both Aurora and Naperville (42 miles to city center).Bill Dedman, Nuclear neighbors: Population rises near US reactors, NBC News, April 14, 2011weblink Accessed May 1, 2011.

Tritium leaks

Exelon was sued by residents of Will County and by the state's attorney in 2006.WEB, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, MADIGAN, GLASGOW FILE SUIT FOR RADIOACTIVE LEAKS AT BRAIDWOOD NUCLEAR PLANT,weblink 2013-11-11, 2021-03-08,weblink dead, The lawsuit alleges that the Braidwood plant released radioactive tritium into local water in violation of its permit.WEB, Office of Community Relations, Fact Sheet 2 - Exelon Braidwood Nuclear Facility Update on Tritium Releases and Groundwater Impacts,weblink Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, April 2006, 2010-04-04,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110320042801weblink">weblink 2011-03-20, dead, However, the US NRC has said the response is based on "emotion, not risk", and gone on record to state the tritium releases did not jeopardize human health or safety in any manner.NEWS, Jo Ann Hustis, NRC: Tritium Response is to Emotion, Not Risk,weblink The Morris Daily Herald, 3 March 2010, 2010-04-04, The Illinois EPA also reported that all tests have confirmed releases are below the action levels of 20,000 picoCuries per liter, currently set by the EPA. However, Exelon agreed to provide bottled water to residents of Godley and to residents within 1500 feet of the blowdown line to the Kankakee River.WEB,weblink Fact Sheet 2 - Exelon Braidwood Nuclear Factility, 2010-01-30,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110320042801weblink">weblink 2011-03-20, dead,

Seismic risk

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Braidwood was 1 in 136,986, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.Bill Dedman, "What are the odds? US nuke plants ranked by quake risk," NBC News, March 17, 2011weblink Accessed April 19, 2011.

See also

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• List of largest power stations in the United States
• Largest nuclear power plants in the United States

Notes

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References

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Further reading

• WEB,weblink Braidwood 1 Pressurized Water Reactor, 4 December 2009, Operating Nuclear Power Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), 2010-04-04,
• WEB,weblink Braidwood 2 Pressurized Water Reactor, 4 December 2009, Operating Nuclear Power Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), 2010-04-04,
• WEB,weblink Exelon-Discounts Radioactive leakews, Chicago Tribune,

External links

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070325101952weblink">Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station official website

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