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FROM ARTICLE LOCATED AT: http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpne15.htmPenn. Nuclear Plant Shut Down
LIMERICK, Pa. (AP) -- One of the two nuclear reactors at PECO Energy Co.'s Limerick Generating Station was shut down this morning after a piece of equipment failed.
Company spokesman Neil McDermott said the problem was not Y2K-related.
It was declared an ``unusual event,'' the least serious emergency classification at a nuclear power plant.
The 2:55 a.m. shutdown occurred when an insulator on the main generator transformer for Limerick Unit 2 failed, McDermott said. The transformer is non-nuclear equipment used to increase the voltage of the unit's output before sending electricity out to the power distribution system.
The 1,100-megawatt generating unit will be out of service until the insulator can be repaired, he said.
PECO Energy is a private utility that serves the Philadelphia area.s (PROFILE (CO:PECO Energy; TS:PE; IG:ELC;) )
AP-NY-12-31-99 0722EST
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