Unit 1 Of Cook Nuclear Plant To Undergo 28th Refueling Outage

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The 28th refueling outage for Unit 1 of the Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgman will start this week. Indiana Michigan Power says the unit was reduced to 50% power over the weekend to prepare for the refueling and maintenance work, which will start at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. I&M says nearly 18-hundred contractors are in the area to help the 11-hundred member staff. The outage will be extended to inspect and replace baffle bolts, which support the internal components of the reactor vessel. The length of the refueling outage, however, is not something utilities make public for competitive reasons. When it shuts down for refueling, Unit 1 will have operated for 463 straight days at 102.2% capacity. It is the second straight cycle that Cook Unit 1 consistently remained online between refueling outages, which is known as a breaker-to-breaker run.