Unit 01 at Brunswick Nuclear Power Station in North Carolina Forced Offline

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--April 26, 2017--Researched by Industrial Information Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brunswick Nuclear Power Station, located in Southport, NC, tripped offline its 938-megawatts (MW) Unit 01 reactor due to sealant pump repairs. Duke Energy Progress (Raleigh, North Carolina), a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina), holds a 81.7% ownership and leasehold interest, and The North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, holds a 18.3% ownership interest.

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