Crime & Safety
Officials Send More Warm Water From Nuclear Plant To Melt Ice In Kankakee River
The water is normally used to cool the nuclear power plant, but it is warm enough to melt ice. All three siphons were turned on at noon.
January 19, 2024
WILMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) -- Will County emergency officials are stepping up their efforts to break up ice jams on the Kankakee River – nearly 50 miles southwest of Chicago.
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The Will County Emergency Management Agency and Constellation Energy is tripling the amount of warm water being siphoned from the Dresden Generating Station cooling lake. There are three siphons of warm water from the nuclear plant cooling lake, and all have been turned on. Just one was turned on Wednesday.
The water is normally used to cool the nuclear power plant, but it is warm enough to melt ice. All three siphons were turned on at noon.
Find out what's happening in Channahon-Minookafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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