Braidwood Generation Station
Nuclear power plant · Will County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
2,450 MW
Rank in Illinois
#1
of 580 plants
In service since
1988
July 1988
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Constellation Nuclear
- County
- Will County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 4.65%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Illinois
- #1 of 6
- EIA plant code
- 6022
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 1,225 MW | 1,183 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| 2 | Nuclear | 1,225 MW | 1,149 MW | 1988 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Illinois
| Byron Generating Station | Nuclear | 2,450 MW |
| LaSalle Generating Station | Nuclear | 2,340 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 2,450 MW solar plant and a 2,450 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Illinois power plants · What Illinois actually generates