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Briefs

Nuclear power plant offline for fueling

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 5, 2005


CRYSTAL RIVER - As scheduled, the nuclear unit at Progress Energy's Crystal River energy complex has shut down temporarily so crews can replace fuel and perform maintenance on the 838-megawatt generating plant.

Extra workers have come to Crystal River to help replace one-third of the nuclear fuel in the reactor and perform major maintenance on the unit, the company said in a news release. Nuclear power plants are shut down every two years or so to replace fuel and perform maintenance. The nuclear unit is one of five electric generating plants at Crystal River; the other four are fueled by coal. These and other Florida generating plants will provide electric power for customers while the nuclear plant is out of service.

[Last modified November 5, 2005, 01:22:18]


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