Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Forced Offline for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Three Mile Nuclear Station, which is located in Middletown, Pennsylvania, forced its 805-megawatt (MW) Unit 1 reactor offline Tuesday night due to a control rod drive malfunction. The station is owned by Exelon Nuclear Partners (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania), a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois).

Unit 1 tripped offline because of a control rod drive that was attributed to blown power supplies. Officials said that they are investigating the cause. Sources expect the unit to return to service by the end of this week.

Three Mile Island has one generating unit. The plant is capable of generating enough energy to power more than 800,000 homes.

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