Jan 20 (Reuters) - AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC'S $(AEP)$ INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER:
SAYS AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OFFLINE TO RESOLVE AN ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION ISSUE, COOK PLANT’S UNIT 2 WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE, CONNECTING TO THE GRID AT 4:23 P.M., TUESDAY, JANUARY 20
SAYS AT 3:20 A.M. ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER’S COOK NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 WAS AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION THAT MONITORS STEAM FLOW TO ONE OF THE UNIT’S FOUR STEAM GENERATORS
SAYS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE AUTOMATIC TRIP, PLANT OPERATORS FOLLOWED PROPER PROTOCOLS TO SAFELY REMOVE THE REACTOR FROM SERVICE, PLACING THE UNIT IN A STABLE CONDITION.
SAYS ONCE THE INSTRUMENTATION WAS REPLACED, THE UNIT WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO SERVICE ON THE ELECTRIC GRID.
THE UNIT TRIP WAS NON-COMPLICATED, AND ELECTRIC SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS WAS NOT IMPACTED.
SAYS COOK’S UNIT 1 REACTOR REMAINED SAFELY IN SERVICE AT 100% POWER FOR DURATION OF UNIT 2’S SHORT OUTAGE.
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