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South Texas Project Nuclear Plant Sets Record on Continuous Operations

Posted on October 06, 2008

From STP:The South Texas Project established a U.S. nuclear power industry record Sunday, completing four consecutive breaker-to-breaker production runs by repeatedly operating both its units continuously between refuelings. The plant shut down its Unit 2 reactor Sunday for routine refueling and maintenance. No other nuclear power plant has accomplished this in the five decades since the first commercial reactor in the U.S. began operations in 1958....During the past four years, STP's two units have produced more energy than any other two-unit nuclear power plant in the country. Both un...

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