After operators discovered a leak in a steam line late last night, officials at the Cook Nuclear Plant at Bridgman took down Unit 2 for an investigation and repairs.
Indiana Michigan Power’s Cook Plant spokesman Bill Downey reports that the steam line where the leak was discovered provides non-radioactive steam to the low pressure turbines at the plant and says, “The trip was uncomplicated and all systems responded as expected.”
Downey says that an assessment is underway to determine the cause of the steam leak and develop a repair timeline, however, I&M does not release return-to-service projection information for generation units for competitive reasons.
Meanwhile, Cook’s Unit 1 is operating at 100-percent power with no power disruption to customers at any time in the process.
The Cook Nuclear Plant is owned and operated by Indiana Michigan Power, an AEP company, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. At full capacity, the 1,084-net MW Unit 1 and 1,194-net MW Unit 2 combined produce enough electricity for more than one and one half million average homes.
