9/26/2011 Another shutdown at Entergy nuclear power plant

Source: Associated Press via Bloomberg Business Week
Date: September 26, 2011, 9:29AM ET

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Entergy Corp.'s Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan has shut down five days after restarting from an earlier shutdown.

Entergy said the plant shut down automatically from full power about 3:10 p.m. Sunday because of an electrical breaker fault.

New Orleans-based Entergy said no one was hurt in the shutdown. Entergy said plant personnel are evaluating the problem and working toward "a repair and restoration schedule."

Palisades is in Van Buren County's Covert Township, about 55 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. It was shut down Sept. 16 because of a loss of water in a cooling system, then brought back on the grid last Tuesday.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspected the plant in August after a water pump component failed.

Editor's Note: Two shutdowns in such a short span of time is definitely concerning to say the least.

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