Entergy La. Waterford 3 reactor to exit refuel

NEW YORK Dec 3 (Reuters) - Entergy Corp's (ETR.N) 1,157-megawatt nuclear Unit 3 at the Waterford power plant in Louisiana started to exit a refueling outage and ramped up to 1 percent by early Thursday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report.

The unit shut on Oct. 19.

It last shut for refueling from about April 28 to June 2, 2008, and is on an 18-month refueling cycle.

Waterford is located in St Charles Parish about 30 miles (48 km) west of New Orleans. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Lisa Shumaker) ((scott.disavino@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6072; Reuters Messaging: scott.disavino.reuters.com@reuters.net)) ((For help: Click "Contact Us" in your desk top, click here [HELP] or call 1-800-738-8377 for Reuters Products and +1-888-463-3383 for Thomson products; For client training: training.americas@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646-223-5546))