Security
Security at Byron was provided by The Wackenhut Corporation (now G4S Secure Solutions(USA)) until a story broke in late 2007 involving videotape that captured Wackenhut Corp. security guards asleep at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania. Security is now handled in-house by Exelon Corp. which owns and operates the power plant. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, a "security zone" was established by the United States Coast Guard around the Byron Nuclear Generating Station as part of a broader effort to secure nuclear facilities in the U.S. On December 10, 2004 the security zone at Byron was removed to allow for a security zone around the Hammond Intake Crib on Lake Michigan.
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