Maintenance outage gives boost to local businesses as workers come into county.
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BYRON – Exelon Generation operators removed Byron Station Unit 2 from service early Monday morning, Oct. 2, kicking off the station’s fall refueling and maintenance outage.
The outage could last several weeks.
When one of Byron Station’s dual nuclear reactors is taken offline for scheduled refueling, it’s great news for local businesses and the regional economy. When both reactors are refueled in the same calendar year, as is happening now, it creates an economic windfall of major proportions, generating more than 2,500 seasonal jobs, filling restaurants and hotels to capacity and helping local businesses thrive.
“The influx of additional workers really helps our business,” said Robin Costa, who owns Costa’s Pizzeria & Ristorante in Byron with her husband, Saro. The couple opened Costa’s 26 years ago and they see about a 10 percent boost in sales during each Byron Station outage. “It’s like Christmas coming twice.”