HOUSTON, June 9 (Reuters) – Southern Co’s (SO.N)
876-megawatt Unit 1 at the Hatch nuclear power plant in Georgia
was operating at 28 percent output on Wednesday resulting from
a condenser vacuum problem, a spokeswoman said.

The reactor’s unit was reduced late Tuesday from full power
earlier in the day, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said
in a report.

The problem has been isolated and repair plans are being
implemented, the spokeswoman said.

She declined to give details on how long the unit might be
operating at a reduced output.
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PLANT BACKGROUND/TIMELINE
STATE: Georgia
COUNTY: Appling
TOWN: Baxley
OPERATOR: Southern Co’s Southern Nuclear
OWNER(S): Southern Co’s Georgia Power (50.1 pct)

Oglethorpe Power Corp (30 pct)

Municipal Elec. Authority of Georgia (17.7 pct)

City of Dalton (2.2 percent)
CAPACITY: 1,759 MW
UNIT(S): 1 – 876 MW General Electric boiling water reactor

2 – 883 MW General Electric boiling water reactor
FUEL: Nuclear
DISPATCH: Baseload
COST: $934 million
TIMELINE:
1975 – Unit 1 enters commercial service
1979 – Unit 2 enters commercial service
2002 – NRC renews original 40 year operating licenses for
an additional 20 years
2034 – Unit 1 extended operating license expires
2038 – Unit 2 extended operating license expires
(Reporting by Ratul Ray Chaudhuri in Bangalore and Eileen
O’Grady; Editing by Sofina Mirza-Reid)