Today's Power Hotline Headlines

North America
Talen Energy Corporation, today, November 18, took 12.47 megawatts (MW) offline from the 1,247-MW Susquehanna 01 unit for equipment testing at its Susquehanna Nuclear Power Station in Pennsylvania. This event is expected to end later today.

Entergy Gulf States Louisiana LLC's 978-MW River Bend 01 unit at its River Bend Nuclear Power Station in Louisiana is operating at 75% due to balancing and testing. This event is expected to end November 20.

Entergy Harbor LLC's Beaver Valley 02 at its Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station was manually tripped offline yesterday due to a low-suction pressure alert caused by a main feedwater pump failure. Repairs on the pump are underway and should not take more than a day or two. Startup testing will follow, after which Entergy Harbor hopes to begin ramping the unit back online within a few days, although there is no definitive timetable for the unit's return to service.

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