Dominion Generation Returns Surry Unit 2 to
Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Dominion Generation, a unit of Dominion Resources
Inc. (NYSE: D), returned its Surry Power Station Unit 2 to service Thursday.
The unit returned to service following repairs to a valve
that restricted water flow in the unit’s reactor coolant system and caused the
unit to shut down automatically July 5.Surry Unit 2 is expected to reach 100
percent power today.
Dominion Generation operates two, 800-megawatt, three-loop
pressurized water reactors at Surry Power Station, located in Surry County,
Va. The company also operates two 900-MW pressurized water reactors at its North
Anna Power Station near Mineral.
Dominion Generation was formed in May to manage the U.S.
electric generating power stations of Virginia Power and Dominion Energy, two
subsidiaries of Dominion Resources.
