Ohio Nuclear Station Temporarily Offline for Maintenance Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Information Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Davis Besse Nuclear Station, which is located in Oak Harbor, Ohio, remains shut down due to an unscheduled electrical and mechanical maintenance outage. The station is owned by Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, a subsidiary of First Energy (NYSE:FE) (Akron, Ohio).

Officials said that the 908-megawatt (MW) unit was automatically tripped on June 29 when a reactor coolant pump failed.

Following an investigation, officials concluded that the issues were related to a differential current that is associated with an electrical component. However, during the initial testing inspection for start-up, other mechanical flaws and maintenance issues were discovered. Sources anticipate that the plant will re-connect to the grid on or about July 13, if no other issues are detected.

FirstEnergy holds, directly or indirectly, eight principal electric utility operating subsidiaries.

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