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Salem nuclear plant : no timeline for restarting it after Hurricane Sandy

No timeline for restarting New Jersey nuclear reactor after high wave took out 5 of 6 water intake pumps during Sandy http://enenews.com/no-timeline-for-restarting-nj-reactor-after-high-wave-took-out-5-of-6-water-intake-pumps-during-sandy
  November 3rd, 2012 
By ENENews  Title: No timeline for full power at New Jersey nuclear reactor
Source: Reuters
Date: Nov 3, 2012

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc’s provided no timeline for its Salem 1 nuclear plant to fully start-up after it shut down from superstorm Sandy.

PSEG had not yet connected the plant to the regional grid, but “grid stability is not an issue at this time,” Joe Delmar, a PSEG spokesman said on Saturday. […]

Title: Salem Unit 1, No Timeline For Restart
Source: SimplyInfo
Date: November 3rd, 2012

Reuters is reporting no timeline for restarting unit 1 at Salem after a high wave from hurricane Sandy took out 5 of the 6 water intake pumps. […]  It is likely that the widespread outages still going on across the area mean there is less demand for power. It could also be that they are still repairing the intake pumps for Salem yet choose to not publicly disclose the status of this issue.

November 5, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA