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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Surry Reactor Shut Down Again

Dominion Virginia Power has again shut down its troubled Unit 2 at Surry nuclear power plant.

The utility company started the reactor last Thursday. It had been out of service since a tornado struck the plant on April 16.

The reactor was operating at 94 percent capacity on Monday, according to data from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dominion spokesman Rick Zuercher said the reactor actually reached 100 percent capacity but engineers spotted a problem in the unit's cooling ducts Monday afternoon.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of two boobs, Obama and Biden