Total U.S. nuclear plant availability slipped to 91.45% early Feb. 28, down from 92.61% on Feb. 27 but still above the 89.61% reported on the same day in 2017.
Pulling down total output was a large curtailment at the Peach Bottom 3 plant in Pennsylvania, which is owned by Exelon Corp. and Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. The unit was operating at 18% early Feb. 28, dropping from full power on Feb. 27. The reason for the drop in production has not been disclosed.
In addition, Southern Co.'s Hatch 1 in Georgia was offline early Feb. 28 from 3% power early Feb. 27. The unit was recently restarted Feb. 26 following a refueling outage initiated Feb. 5.
Along with Hatch 1, four other units remain offline as of early Feb. 28.
For details of U.S. nuclear power plant operations, visit our Nuclear Availability and Status and Outage pages.
