Clinton Nuclear
Plant Shuts Down
Aug 28, 2006 - The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.
Aug. 28--CLINTON -- Officials at Clinton Power Station are
investigating a malfunction in the power supply that caused the plant to
automatically shut down Sunday night.
The plant shut down at 5:05 p.m. after a power source to some
instrumentation malfunctioned. The instrumentation controlled one of the
reactor's two recirculation pumps and the high pressure core spray
system.
All system components responded accordingly.
The plant will return to service after appropriate repairs are made.
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