Additional exposure incident reported at Byron nuclear plant

There are reports of additional exposure to a chemical at the Constellation Generating Station located at 4405 N. German Church Road in Byron, Illinois.

Constellation Energy confirmed to WNIJ that on Thursday morning, two outage workers at the Byron Clean Energy Center were taken to area hospitals as a precaution after trace amounts of a “common non‑radiological chemical” were detected in the turbine building.

The chemical was associated with a release from a holding tank during an event on Tuesday which sent several workers to the hospital as a precaution…

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