Brunswick Unit 1 refueling outage completed early.SOUTHPORT, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 1995--Unit 1 of Carolina Power & Light's Brunswick Nuclear Plant has been returned to service, following early completion of a scheduled refueling outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. . The 767-megawatt unit synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. with the power grid shortly after 10 p.m. on May 21, ending in 50 days an outage that was scheduled for 55 days. The outage was used to replace fuel used during the unit's 425 days of continuous reactor operation and to perform other maintenance activities. Typically one-third of the unit's nuclear fuel is replaced during each outage. Also during the most recent outage, workers recoated the surfaces of the torus torus /to·rus/ (tor´us) pl. to´ri [L.] a swelling or bulging projection. to·rus n. pl. , a steel-lined, innertube-shaped suppression pool that is embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in concrete below the reactor vessel's containment. And workers replaced the unit's two low-pressure turbine rotors with monoblock rotors that are designed to last the life of the station. Unit 2 of the two-unit station is in its 325th day of continuous operation and is not scheduled for refueling until early 1996. The Brunswick Plant is located near the Cape Fear River Cape Fear River, 202 mi (325 km) long, formed in E central N.C. by the junction of the Deep and Haw rivers, and flowing southeast to enter the Atlantic Ocean S of Wilmington and N of Cape Fear; longest river entirely within North Carolina. about 25 miles from Wilmington, N.C. CONTACT: Carolina Power & Light, Raleigh Mac Harris, 910/457-3113 |
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