Pennsylvania reactor back on electrical grid
After being recently disconnected from the electrical grid, officials said the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Unit 2 reactor is again fully functional.
“Our proactive maintenance work will keep Susquehanna generating dependable, carbon-free energy safely and efficiently to meet the needs of our stakeholders, even during the most challenging of conditions,” Kevin Cimorelli, site vice president, said. “We are happy to report that Team Susquehanna completed the outage on time and with zero reportable injuries.”
The site was disconnected from the electrical grid on March 23 to begin its scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. The outage followed a record breaker-to-breaker run for the unit, which generated power continuously for 712 days.
Efforts to restore the site to functionality involved Susquehanna’s employees, along with approximately 1,800 supplemental workers, completing approximately 10,000 maintenance activities while replacing about one-third of the unit’s fuel during the outage, officials said, adding the 1,800 workers help boost the local economy by visiting local restaurants, stores and hotels and taking advantage of services throughout the community.
The Susquehanna plant, located about seven miles north of Berwick, Penn., is owned by Susquehanna Nuclear LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc. Its two units generate 2,600 megawatts of carbon-free electricity, which is enough to power 2 million homes.
