Commonwealth Edison

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FILE – This August 1986 file photo shows Commonwealth Edison's nuclear power plant, closed by parent company Exelon Corp. in 1998, in Zion, Ill. As costs of running aging nuclear reactors increase, some small, mostly rural towns that are home to the nation's nuclear plants are bracing for what's to come, as towns where nuclear plants were shuttered deal with higher property taxes, cuts in services and less school funding. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)