Illinois — home state of our new president-elect — is the most nuclear-reliant state in the nation, with 11 operating reactors. The Illinois communities of Oak Park, Berwyn, and Riverside are particularly reliant on nuclear power: it’s 75 percent of their juice, purchased from Commonwealth Edison, a local subsidiary of Exelon, the nation’s largest nuclear utility.

So it is of some interest that each of those communities voted on a straightforward referendum on Tuesday. It went like this: "Shall our elected officials in Illinois take steps to phase out nuclear power in the state, replacing it with renewable sources such as wind and solar?"

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The results? 68.0 percent Yes, 32.1 percent No.

(You can find the breakdown here.)

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So do nuclear’s biggest customers prefer renewables? Kinda looks that way.

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