BYRON (WREX) -
Things are back to normal a week after an "unusual event" shut down the Unit 2 tower at the Byron Exelon Nuclear Plant.
The tower went back online Monday, but was shut back down for a short time after a minor issue with the water level inside a steam generator was discovered. That issue was taken care of and the tower was put back in service Tuesday afternoon.
The unit automatically came offline on Monday, January 30, when power to an insulator in the facility's switchyard failed. The insulator has been repaired.
"Our highly trained engineers and operators performed exceptionally well in taking the proper safe steps to analyze data and make repairs, and then thoroughly checked and tested systems before restoring the unit to service," said Byron Station Site Vice President Tim Tulon. "Byron Station's redundant safety systems are designed to operate if needed, and the systems passed with flying colors."
Unit 1 handled the production load while Unit 2 was out of service.
