Condenser leaks reduce power at reactor
LOUISA, VIRGINIA - Dominion Virginia Power has reduced power in a reactor at its North Anna plant so crews can repair leaks in a water-condensing unit.
Dominion spokesman Richard Zuercher told The Richmond Times-Dispatch that the utility expects to return the Unit 2 reactor to full power soon.
Zuercher says Unit 2 was reduced to 84 percent capacity after the leaks were discovered January 6.
North Anna's other reactor, Unit 1, has continued to operate at full power.
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"It is our shared responsibility to protect ratepayers and I can't state strongly enough how concerned I am that the agreement before you does not do that," Houston wrote in a letter to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board late Monday.
Houston urged the three-member panel to "set the agreement aside and reach its own conclusion on the aforementioned application."
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