nuclear power

I wouldn't go changing my plans because of this if I were you, but you deserve to know that a time traveler is warning Missouri about a nuclear power plant that he believes is about to explode and wait till you hear where it's going to happen and what he claims will be the aftermath.

For the first time in 35+ years new nuclear reactors can be built in the land of Lincoln, so the question must be asked...where are they going? Do you want one near your town?

I'm not sure if this fact is reassuring or if it makes me want to build a home miles underground where it's safer. But, there's no questioning that Illinois produces more nuclear power than any other state and there isn't really even a close second.

When 16th District Representative Adam Kinzinger joins the WROK Morning Show for his monthly visit, I hear from a lot of you who fall into a couple of different camps.

We've spent a good deal of time on the show discussing the future of the Exelon nuclear power plant in Byron. For a while, officials with the company have been warning of a potential closure in the near future because of its inability to make money on the plant...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Exelon nuclear power plants want to be credited as clean energy in order to avoid closing. New legislation would require utilities to reward producers of low carbon energy, including nuclear power plants...

We've been keeping a close eye on the continuing discussion about the future of Exelon's nuclear power plants in Illinois. This interview from 2014 outlines the problems the nearby Byron plant and others around the state currently are having...