BYRON, ILLINOIS -- Exelon is executing a multi-million-dollar transformer upgrade project at its Byron Generating Station, the company stated in the press release.

As the Station's Unit 2 nuclear reactor was taken offline on April 8 for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage, the operator is continuing a transformer upgrade project by replacing two main step-up power transformers.

This major upgrade is intended to ensure the plant will provide reliable power through all kinds of weather.

Byron's Unit 1 reactor will continue to supply carbon-free electricity to customers during the Unit 2 outage.

Source: Exelon