Dive Summary:
- Hurricane Sandy caused Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PEG) to shut down its 1,174-megawatt Salem Unit 1 as anticipated, as other shutdowns occurred at New York's Nine Mile Point and Indian Point facilities.
- Additionally, Exelon Corp. (EXC)’s Oyster Creek plant in New Jersey went on alert Monday night because of elevated levels of water in its water-intake structure.
- Exelon reported that water levels at the plant, which is the oldest nuclear plant in the U.S., went over 6 feet above sea level, which is the threshold for an alert.
From the article:
"... Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PEG) manually closed its 1,174-megawatt Salem Unit 1, about 18 miles south of Wilmington, Delaware, when four of six circulating pumps were no longer available because of weather, according to Joe Delmar, a company spokesman. The unit operated at full power yesterday, while unit 2 was shut for refueling. ..."
