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Can anybody confirm the nuc. shutdown rumor in PA?
-- S. David Bays (SDBAYS@prodigy.net), December 31, 1999
FROM ARTICLE LOCATED AT: http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpne15.htmPenn. Nuclear Plant Shut Down
LIMERICK, Pa. (AP) -- One of the two nuclear reactors at PECO Energy Co.'s Limerick Generating Station was shut down this morning after a piece of equipment failed.
Company spokesman Neil McDermott said the problem was not Y2K- related.
It was declared an ``unusual event,'' the least serious emergency classification at a nuclear power plant.
The 2:55 a.m. shutdown occurred when an insulator on the main generator transformer for Limerick Unit 2 failed, McDermott said. The transformer is non-nuclear equipment used to increase the voltage of the unit's output before sending electricity out to the power distribution system.
The 1,100-megawatt generating unit will be out of service until the insulator can be repaired, he said.
PECO Energy is a private utility that serves the Philadelphia area.s (PROFILE (CO:PECO Energy; TS:PE; IG:ELC;) )
AP-NY-12-31-99 0722EST
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-- Helium (Heliumavid@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.
...that would be nice! those kinda rumors are not what I want to hear.
-- Vern (bacon17@ibm.net), December 31, 1999.
I live near Limerick, a neighbor who works for PECO said, yes they did lose reactor #2 last night and that it was not y2k related. That's the best I can do right now.
-- Kathy (prepare4y2k@email.com), December 31, 1999.
The article is legit. So they didn't bother to officially notify the residents then? Go figure.
-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), December 31, 1999.
Link to Article
-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@AOL.COM), December 31, 1999.
isnt this the plant that had an event earlier this year???Yes I do believe it is???
-- d....... (dciinc@aol.com), December 31, 1999.