Exelon announces early shutdown of four Illinois reactors : Corporate - World Nuclear News

Exelon announces early shutdown of four Illinois reactors : Corporate - World Nuclear News: US utility Exelon Generation announced today both the two-unit Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants will be retired in 2021 as "the result of market rules that favour polluting power plants over carbon-free nuclear energy". It warned that further plants are at risk of premature closure due to these unfavourable market rules.