Dominion Generation Delays Virginia Nuclear Reactor Restart

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Researched by Industrial Information Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--North Anna Nuclear Power Station, which is owned and operated by Dominion Generation (Glen Allen, Virginia), a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Incorporated (NYSE:D) (Richmond, Virginia), has delayed Unit 2 reactor from returning to service this month. Refueling began September 13, and the unit was scheduled to return last weekend. Because of several steam leaks, the unit held at 7% for a week. The unit is now back to 0% because of a blown transformer. Since this incident, engineers are now saying it is going to take at least 10 days to repair this transformer.

North Anna is a nuclear power station located in Mineral, Virginia. This station became operational in 1978 with one 980-megawatt (MW) Siemens Westinghouse steam turbine. Dominion later added Unit 2 in 1980, giving a combined total capacity of 1,960 MW.

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