financialwire.net - 6/6/08

FPL Group's (NYSE: FPL) (Current Market Cap: US$26.92 Bil.) 839-megawatt Unit 2 reactor at the Saint Lucie nuclear power station in Florida was in a hot shutdown after an electrical problem late Tuesday afternoon.

A circuit trip led to the loss of a heater drain pump, resulting in a trip of a main feedwater pump that caused the water level in the steam generators to decline. Operators stopped the reactor due to the lowering steam generator level, according to a US Nuclear Regulatory Commission report.

Operators are working to return the unit to service, which was shut down according to protocol.

The St Lucie station is located on Hutchinson Island in St Lucie County, about 120 miles north of Miami.

St Lucie's Unit 1 reactor continued to operate at full power.

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