Constellation seeks license to operate Dresden center for additional 20 years

Constellation announced that it has filed a subsequent license renewal application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its Dresden Clean Energy Center in Morris, Illinois. The facility’s license was first renewed by the NRC in 2004. The filing begins a comprehensive, multi-year review by the NRC to renew the station’s license, which, with adequate market or policy support, would allow it to continue providing Illinois with reliable, carbon-free energy for another 20 years through 2051. Dresden, which produces enough baseload, carbon-free electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 1.4 million homes, is currently licensed to operate through 2029 for Unit 2 and 2031 for Unit 3.