Progress NC Brunswick 2 reactor back at full power

NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - Progress Energy Inc's (PGN.N) 937-megawatt Brunswick 2 nuclear power unit in North Carolina was at full power early Monday, up from 66 percent of capacity early Friday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in its power reactor status report.

The 1,875-MW Brunswick station is located in Southport, North Carolina, about 160 miles south of Raleigh. The station also consists of the 938-MW Unit 1, which also continued to run at full power on Monday, according to the NRC report.

One MW powers about 700 homes in North Carolina.

In 2006, the NRC renewed the plant's original 40-year operating licenses for both units for another 20 years until 2036 and 2034.

Progress Energy operates the station for its owners, Progress (81.7 percent) and North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (18.3 percent).

Progress, of Raleigh, owns and operates more than 21,000 MW of generating capacity and transmits and distributes electricity to about 3.1 million customers in North and South Carolina and Florida. (Reporting by Eileen Moustakis; Editing by John Picinich)