"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Actually the reactors at Zion were shut down many years ago.

Nope, Zion is permanently mothballed.

http://www.exeloncorp.com/ourcompani...ng_station.htm

Physically it could be recommisioned, with todays energy woes who knows.
Never say never.

I was presuming that the dual nuke plants we see every time we fly to
our home town of Racine, WI, was Zion? The cooling towers are visible
east/northeast Rockford, IL.

If conditions are right, the columns of steam are visible from 70 miles
out.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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Zion station is directly south of Racine and has no cooling towers. It used
Lake Michigan for cooling.

Byron station is just southwest of Rockford, it has 2 cooling towers just
under 500' tall, maybe thats the one you see?

I have used it many times as a fix when going to Rockford and calling
approach.

Marty