Nuclear Event – State of Pennsylvania, Shippingport [Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station ]

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Nuclear Event – State of Pennsylvania, Shippingport [Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station ]

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May 29, 2013

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Credit: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station

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State of Pennsylvania, Shippingport [Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station ]

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Nuclear Event in USA on Wednesday, 29 May, 2013 at 03:08 (03:08 AM) UTC.

Description

A
reactor at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station was shut down
Tuesday morning in a rare forced outage caused by a malfunctioning
generator. A spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmed
that Unit 2 was taken offline by plant operator FirstEnergy because of
vibrations in the main generator. The vibrations resulted from parts in
the main generator stator, a stationary part of the rotary system used
in an electric generator, that had either broken or become loose, said
Neil Sheehan of the NRC. “Remember that these machines rotate at 1,800
rpm and will have some wear from actual mechanical vibrations, as well
as from repeated heating and cooling cycles,” he said. “The generators
are large electrical components that are cooled by hydrogen.” The
shutdown of the 846-megawatt reactor subtracted 0.2 percent from the
nation’s electric grid, moving nationwide nuclear power production to 84
percent capacity, according to NRC data compiled by Bloomberg. As of
Tuesday evening, the reactor remained offline, NRC data showed. The
NRC’s resident inspectors for the Shippingport plant “will keep close
watch on the company’s efforts to troubleshoot the vibration issue as
well as any repairs that are made,” Sheehan said. Unit 2 is a
pressurized water reactor, which means that steam created in the plant’s
steam generators is piped to the turbine to spin it and, via the
generator, converts that energy to electricity that is then sent out
into the grid, officials said. Unit 2 came online in 1987. The plant’s
other reactor, Unit 1, came online in 1976.

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