Drunk tried to get gas at nuclear power plant

An intoxicated man from Oak Park, Illinois faces charges after driving up to the Braidwood nuclear power plant in search of gasoline.

He thought it was a gas station and just wanted to fill up his car.

It was the second time in two weeks that a drunken motorist mistakenly pulled up to a security checkpoint at the Braidwood Generating Station.

The nuclear power plant, located off Route 129 in Braceville, is about 60 miles southwest of Chicago.

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