NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp's 1,166-megawatt Wolf Creek reactor in Kansas shut from full power on Wednesday due to a turbine trip, the company told the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a report.
At about the same time as the turbine trip, the unit experienced a momentary loss of offsite power.
All equipment operated as designed to shut the reactor.
The company said it was investigating the cause of the trip.
The Wolf Creek station, which entered service in 1985, is located in Burlington in Coffey County about 70 miles south of Topeka, the state capital.
One MW powers 800 homes in Kansas.
In 2008, the NRC renewed the plant's original 40-year operating license for another 20 years until 2045.
Wolf Creek is owned by Great Plains Energy Inc's Kansas City Power & Light (47 percent), Westar Energy Inc (47 percent) and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative Inc (6 percent).
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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