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Pennsylvania power company had to initiate repairs at a nuclear power
plant Sunday following a week of high temperatures and surging demand on power facilities.
“Operators
disconnected Unit 1 at PPL Corporation's Susquehanna nuclear powerplant in northeastern Pennsylvania from the regional power grid
Sunday to repair one of four valves that control the amount of steam
going into the turbine,” PPL said in a press statement.
PPL
expects to complete the repairs and reconnect Unit 1 to the power
grid soon. Unit 2 continues to operate at full power. Both
Susquehanna units have a generating capacity of about 1,300
megawatts.
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