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March 4, 2008

PPL shuts down Berwick reactor for routine maintenance

BERWICK, Pa. (AP) _ Operators have shut down the Unit 1 reactor at PPL Corp.'s Susquehanna nuclear power plant to begin a planned refueling and maintenance.

While the reactor is shut down workers will replace about 40 percent of the uranium fuel and complete a number of equipment maintenance tasks and upgrades.

Unit 2 at the plant continues to operate at full power.

Unit 1 is expected to be generating electricity again by the middle of April, before the arrival of summer weather and the increase in electricity use by consumers.

The Susquehanna plant is located in Luzerne County about seven miles north of Berwick.

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