The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office says the public is not in danger after a chemical exposure involving employees working during the outage at the Constellation Generating Station located at 4405 N. German Church Rd in Byron, Illinois.
According to a release from the Sheriff's Office, multiple ambulances responded to the scene and transported several employees to local hospitals for evaluation and treatment.
The injuries are believed to be minor.
A spokesperson from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tells WNIJ the incident wasn’t related to the nuclear operations of the plant.
The plant is currently on a scheduled “outage” when it’s powered down for maintenance and refueling.
The incident remains under review.
