FirstEnergy’s Davis-Besse returning to service

September 22, 2016 Wayne Barber Generation

The FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) Davis Besse nuclear plant in Ohio appears to be returning to service after experiencing an unplanned outage on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Davis-Besse was listed at 19% power early Sept. 22, according to data from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

The unit had gone offline after water from heavy rains moving through the area entered the turbine building through a roof vent that didn’t fully close.

In addition to replacing affected components, workers also used the unplanned outage to replace a valve on the pressurizer, which is part of the reactor coolant system, according to FirstEnergy.

Davis-Besse is a roughly 900-MW pressurized water reactor (PWR) located in Oak Harbor, Ohio.

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Wayne Barber, Chief Analyst for the GenerationHub, has been covering power generation, energy and natural resources issues at national publications for more than 20 years. Prior to joining PennWell he was editor of Generation Markets Week at SNL Financial for nine years. He has also worked as a business journalist at both McGraw-Hill and Financial Times Energy. Wayne also worked as a newspaper reporter for several years. During his career has visited nuclear reactors and coal mines as well as coal and natural gas power plants. Wayne can be reached at wayneb@pennwell.com.