Fermi 2

Operators have restarted DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant, but are holding the
reactor at very low power while addressing a problem with a device that condenses
reactor steam back into water.
The plant shut down automatically Thursday afternoon because of an electrical short in a
circuit on the plant’s turbine.
When the turbine stopped, it triggered the automatic shutdown. That problem was fixed
and the reactor was restarted late Saturday night.
It was operating at 4 percent power this morning.
The reactor has to be at 20 percent power before it can resume generating electricity.
The company now is addressing an issue with the main condenser vacuum that helps
convert steam created by the reactor back into water, said Guy Cerullo, a DTE Energy
spokesman at the plant.
The nuclear plant normally provides about 15 percent of the DTE electricity-generating
capacity in southeast Michigan, supplying enough power to meet the needs of about one
million customers.

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Fermi 2 was restarted Saturday after it automatically shut down Thursday?

The reactor is being held at very low power while a problem with the device that
condenses reactor steam back into water is being looked at?

Any idea why the turbine stopped that triggered the automatic shutdown?

Now, addressing an issued with the main condenser vacuum that helps convert steam
created by the reactor back into water?

The facility had been shut down Sept. 30 to Nov. 12 because of a hydrogen gas leak into
the generator’s cooling systems. Any indication that problem related to this one?