Seabrook Station Shutdown, Experiences Electrical Issue

Seabrook Station experienced an electrical problem as it was shutting down its reactor April 1 for planned maintenance and refueling, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Seabrook Station, owned by NextEra Energy Seabrook, had already had its turbine off-line and was not putting power out onto the grid at the time as the facility transitioned to its planned shutdown, NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said.

Seabrook Station, as of April 2, was still determining the cause, which could be a fuse or a circuit issue, and will then trouble-shoot the issue.

Planned outages like the one for maintenance and refueling are standard and can last for a couple of weeks.

"The bottom line, they will not be going back on-line anytime soon," Sheehan said in a phone interview.