All but one US reactor at full capacity during heat wave

All but one US reactor at full capacity during heat wave

Washington (Platts)--17Jul2006

Only one US nuclear unit was offline while 102 were at full capacity as a heat
wave roasted the country July 17 and pushed grids to cope with record demand.
With air conditioners going full-blast from Maine to Los Angeles, electricity
systems were straining to keep up, and the nuclear units contributed a total
net output of about 98,000 megawatts. Only Detroit Edison's 1,089-MW (net)
Fermi-2 was offline, with a transformer replacement due to wind up shortly.
Exelon's Oyster Creek was at 70% power in the early morning while grass was
cleaned out of its river intake but had ramped back up to full effective
capacity for the day's demand. Eight other units were slightly below full
nominal capacity because of other operating restrictions, but none was below
96% power. Real-time power prices across the country topped $300/MWh and hit
$399 in California as grid operators in the northeast, midwest and west
reported setting all-time demand records as the afternoon progressed.

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