Monday, April 2, 2012

UPDATE 1-Entergy NY FitzPatrick reactor at 14 pct power for repair

April 2 (Reuters) - Entergy Corp's 855-megawatt FitzPatrick nuclear
power plant in the U.S. state of New York was operating at reduced
power on Monday to perform maintenance on one of the reactor's
water recirculation pump motors, a company spokeswoman said.

The unit began powering down on Sunday morning and was currently
operating at about 14 percent power, Entergy spokeswoman Tammy
Holden said.

Holden did not specify when the unit would return to full power.

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