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Nuclear Preparedness Exercise Held Biannually

Quad Cities Generating Station, near Cordova, IL
Constellation Energy Corp.
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Constellation Energy Corp.
Quad Cities Generating Station, near Cordova, IL

Local emergency agencies have received good feedback so far for this week's drill at the Cordova nuclear plant.

The exercise, held every other year, evaluated local organizations including first responders.
Rock Island County's EMA coordinator is Lieutenant Matt DeSmyter.
"They had set objectives and Rock Island met those objectives, and had no noted significant deficiencies."
State and federal emergency management agencies held a meeting on Friday regarding the exercise earlier this week.
"It was a very positive, it was a very brief meeting that we had, today. Like I said we'll get more details on it hopefully next week." says DeSmyter.
The Cordova plant is now primarily owned by Constellation Energy Corporation, since Exelon's separation was completed in February.

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Nuclear Energy Institute
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Susanna Kemerling is WVIK Quad Cities NPR's 2022 Fellowship Host/Reporter. She graduated from Northern Illinois University for Media Studies in Communication and spent the last year working as a Teaching Assistant through the graduate program at NIU.
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