Travel was at a standstill on most of the Mississippi between the Quad Cities and St.

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Marshall Murphy, spokesman for Exelon's nuclear business, said his company "is not in a position to talk about" the Japan accident or its similar units, a list that includes its Quad Cities plant in Cordova, Ill.

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