Sellafield 1992, rock bands U2, Public Enemy, Big Audio Dynamite II, and Kraftwerk held a "Stop Sellafield" concert for Greenpeace to protest against the nuclear factory. "Stop Sellafield: The Concert" was later released that year on VHS in the UK, and all proceeds went directly to Greenpeace. Kraftwerk mentions Sellafield in the intro of the 1991 version of the song Radioactivity together with Chernobyl, Harrisburg and Hiroshima. On their 2005 live album Kraftwerk preface a live performance of Radioactivity with a vocoder voice announcing: "Sellafield 2 will produce 7.5 tons of plutonium every year. 1.5 kilogram of plutonium make a nuclear
Zion Nuclear Power Station risks to the public. Workers involved in the decommissioning of the plant were using torches to cut bolts when some grease began to smoke and produce small flames, said Mark Walker of EnergySolutions, the contractor handling the decommissioning. The power plant is the tallest structure in Lake County. A January 7, 2017 "Chicago Sun-Times" article reported that the closing of the nuclear plant strongly and negatively affected the City of Zion economically. Zion Nuclear Power Station Zion Nuclear Power Station was the third dual-reactor nuclear power plant in the Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) network and served Chicago and the northern quarter