More nuclear power plants for Illinois?

 (Image from Chicago Public Radio article, photo by Ryan Wakeley via Flickr)


Two pieces of interesting news about nuclear power plants in our region.  First, the Illinois Senate has overturned a ban on building new power plants in our state.  This could be the first step towards furthering Obama's goals for more nuclear power in our region (currently the main nuclear expansion efforts are in the Southeast).  The bill still has to go through the Illinois House.  Here's the news blurb.

The second interesting piece of news concerns a reactor in Ohio (my home state).  Workers at the Davis-Besse power plant in Oak Harbor, Ohio have found more corrosion cracks in the reactor vessel.  They had some serious problems with this back in 2002.  So far, no leaks of radioactive material have occurred, but this highlights the fact that our current nuclear power infrastructure is not always as robust as we would like it to be.  Here's the article.