By Thomas Content
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Point Beach nuclear plant’s Unit 2 reactor returned to full power Thursday after a refueling outage that lasted more than five weeks, plant owner FPL Energy Inc. said.
The Point Beach reactor and the nearby Kewaunee nuclear plant, which resumed generating electricity earlier this week, have both completed their spring shutdowns for refueling and maintenance.
Power generated at Point Beach is sold to Milwaukee-based We Energies, which sold the plant to FPL last year.
The Kewaunee plant is owned by Dominion Resources Inc. and sells its electricity to Wisconsin Power & Light Co. of Madison and Wisconsin Public Service Corp. of Green Bay. The Kewaunee plant was operating at 99% power Thursday morning, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Completion of the refuelings means that Kewaunee and both Point Beach reactors are running in advance of summer, when demand for electricity spikes during extended periods of hot weather.
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