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Reactor operator Joe Gilmartin monitors the plant inside the control center at the Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Power indications on a control board inside the control center for the Braidwood Nuclear Plant at Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Senior reactor operator Mark Hejny, left, and equipment operator Tyler Nelson, right, work inside the control center for the Braidwood Nuclear Plant at Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

An employee looks up at the Unit 2 containment structure for the nuclear plant at the Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. Below it are main power transformers and auxiliary transformers, which receive offsite electricity and send off the electricity generated by the plant. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Main condensers for the Braidwood Nuclear Plant at Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Employees work in the control center for the Braidwood Nuclear Plant at Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

The Unit 2 generator, right, at Braidwood Nuclear Plant at Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

An employee enters the Unit 2 diesel generator room inside the nuclear plant at the Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Braceville on Nov. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)