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DATE: THURSDAY, May 24, 1990                   TAG: 9005240074
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SURRY                                LENGTH: Short

SHORT-CIRCUIT SHUTS DOWN SURRY N-PLANT

A short-circuit in a transformer that disabled a backup power system resulted in the shutdown of both reactors at Virginia Power's Surry nuclear plant.

Virginia Power spokesman Carl Baab said the shutdowns took place shortly after noon Tuesday when a faulty fire-protection system activated and sprayed water on a transformer outside the Unit 1 reactor building. Control-room operators almost immediately shut down Unit 2 after the automatic shutdown of Unit 1.

The Unit 1 reactor may be restarted by late today, and the Unit 2 reactor may be brought on-line within two or three days, Baab said.

- Associated Press 


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