MASS CASUALTY CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AT EXELON BYRON GENERATING STATION ON NORTH GERMAN CHURCH RD BYRON
4:41 PM (TUE MAR 10 2026) ... Byron Fire Protection District firefighters and paramedics working at the scene of a mass casualty chemical exposure at 4450 North German Church Road Byron. Report of a mass casualty chemical exposure at the Exelon Byron Generating Station in Byron, Illinois. Six patients as of about 5:14 PM. MABAS Division 18 Box Alarm (Ambulances Only) on Box #12 at "Byron Nuke Plant" activated by 5:32 PM. Ambulances 2ND ALARM at 5:34 PM. MABAS Division 18 Box Alarm #18-2 HazMat activated at 5:50 PM. Ambulances 3RD ALARM at 5:54 PM. The Byron Clean Energy Center is a two-unit nuclear power plant located in Ogle County, Illinois, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the Rock River, and south of Illinois Route 72. The reactor buildings consist of two Westinghouse Four-Loop pressurized water reactors, Unit 1 and Unit 2, which began operation in September 1985 and August 1987 respectively. The plant is owned and operated by Constellation Energy -- spun off from Exelon i...
