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US Nuclear Stations to Cut Power Output During Y2K Rollover
Dow Jones Newswires
Antje Schiffler
12-29-99
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) --A number of the 103 U.S. nuclear power
generating stations are expected to reduce power output during
the year 2000 rollover, according to spokesmen at the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's four regional offices.
It's easier to keep the unit online and react to unforeseen
events when output is reduced, said Neil Sheehan, spokesman for
the Northeastern NRC region.
"There are a number of plants that are planning to cut power for
a period of time," he added.
He couldn't specify which plants will cut power, however, because
licensees aren't required to report planned power reductions to
the agency.
Sheehan said power supply should be ample, though, because this
isn't a time of peak demand.
Power reductions vary from plant to plant, but are expected to be
between 10% to 20%, said Roger Hannah, public affairs officer at
NRC's Southeastern office.
Southern Nuclear's 1,215-megawatt Vogtle unit 2, located in
northeastern Georgia, shut down Tuesday and will remain shut
until Jan. 2 because operators don't want to repair a feedwater
heater tube leak during the rollover, the company said earlier.
The unit had been at reduced power for a couple of days, but then
operators decided to take the unit down as a precaution. The
plant is operated by Southern Nuclear, a unit of Southern Co.
As reported earlier Wednesday, three out of four nuclear
generating stations in the western U.S. are required by the
California Independent System Operator to cut power by up to 20%
during the year 2000 rollover.
These include PG&E Corp.'s Diablo Canyon station, which has two
units each rated at 1,100-megawatt; Energy Northwest's 1,157-MW
Washington Nuclear Power station; and the three-unit Palo Verde
plant, operated by Pinnacle West Capital Corp.'s Arizona Public
Service Co.
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