The Limerick Generating Station’s louder, longer, twice-yearly emergency warning siren test will be held Monday at 2 p.m.
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Limerick Semi-Annual, 165-Siren Test Scheduled Monday
Posted on 03 December 2012.
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Limerick Unit 1 Generator Back Online After Inspections
Posted on 11 September 2012.
The almost week-long look at the Unit 1 generator’s low-pressure turbine blades was completed Friday.
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A Week After Scram, Exelon LGS Unit 1 Back In Operation
Posted on 26 July 2012.
The company statement offered no explanation for a power outage that caused the manual shut-down, except to say it had replaced a transformer.
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Exelon Unit 1 Goes Offline Due To ‘Unusual’ Power Loss
Posted on 19 July 2012.
An electrical disturbance, the cause of which has not yet been announced, cut off power to the Unit 1 generator cooling equipment. An inspection is being conducted. Unit 2 continues to operate.
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Limerick Unit 2 Generator Returned To Service Sunday
Posted on 28 May 2012.
The nuclear power generator came back online after 10 days of what its owners called a routine maintenance outage.
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After Japan Disaster, Officials Claim LGS Better Prepared
Posted on 06 March 2012.
Now approaching the one-year anniversary of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor disaster in Japan, officials at Exelon’s nuclear energy plants in Limerick say they are better prepared for “the unthinkable and unimaginable.”
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NRC Asks Exelon To Say How It Will Cover Shortfall
Posted on 16 January 2012.
Decommissioning the Limerick Unit 1 nuclear power plant will cost $628 million, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission estimates. By the end of 2011, the company had only $528 million saved for the work. How will it close the gap?, the NRC wants to know.
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Limerick Nuclear Unit 1 Resumes Generating Operations
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Exelon’s Unit 1 generator at Limerick is up and running again after a weekend-long steam valve repair, and the company received permission to continue pumping water from a coal mine to supplement its draw from the Schuylkill River. There’s also a new challenge to its license renewal.
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Limerick 1 Shut Down Sunday For Valve Replacement
Posted on 19 December 2011.
The Unit 1 nuclear reactor at Limerick Generating Station was taken offline Sunday by Exelon operators so workers could replace a valve in its steam piping system.
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NRC Says Limerick 2 Issues Need ‘Additional Scrutiny’
Posted on 09 December 2011.
Federal regulators say Exelon’s Limerick Unit 2 power plant must be watched more closely to avoid future safety problems.
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