Exelon NJ Oyster Creek reactor shut

Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:40am EDT
 
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NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) - Exelon Corp's (EXC.N) 619-megawatt Oyster Creek nuclear power station in New Jersey shut by early Monday from 84 percent power early Friday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report.

Operators reduced the unit last week to work on the condenser.

Oyster Creek, which entered service in 1969 making it the oldest operating reactor in the nation, is located in Forked River in Ocean County, about 60 miles east of Philadelphia. The NRC renewed the plant's original 40-year operating license in April 2009 for another 20 years until 2029.

One MW powers about 800 homes in New Jersey.

Exelon, of Chicago, owns and operates more than 38,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities, and transmits and distributes electricity to 5.4 million and distributes natural gas to 480,000 customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by John Picinich)

 

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