Nov. 27, 2009 (PR Newswire) --
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2, located in Shippingport, Pa., returned to service early today following an October 12 shutdown for refueling and maintenance.
The 904-megawatt (net) unit began producing electricity at 3:09 a.m. and is currently operating at 22 percent power. The plant is expected to reach full power in the next several days.
During the outage, 60 of the 157 fuel assemblies were exchanged and safety inspections were successfully conducted. In addition, numerous improvement projects were completed to ensure continued safe and reliable operations.
Beaver Valley Unit 2 had operated safely and reliably for 350 consecutive days before shutting down for the refueling and achieved a 99.8 percent capability factor in 2009.
FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its FENOC subsidiary also operates the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio.
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