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Constellation reduces Ginna reactor to half power

Constellation reduces Ginna reactor to half power May 18, 2009

NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) – Constellation Energy Group Inc (CEG.N) reduced the 498-megawatt Ginna nuclear power station in New York to about half power on Sunday due to irregularities in the circulating water system, a spokesman for the plant said Monday.

He could not say when the unit would return to full power since workers were still looking for the problem.

The circulating water system moves water to the two low pressure turbines.

The Ginna station, which entered service in 1970, is located in Ontario in Wayne County about 20 miles east of Rochester, New York. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed the plant’s original 40-year operating license in 2004 for another 20 years until 2029.

UPDATE 1-Constellation reduces Ginna reactor to half power | Industries | Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters

May 19, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive