Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 experienced an unplanned shutdown at 12:15 a.m. Thursday with no threat to the environment or people, according to Tennessee Valley Authority officials.
TVA said technicians were “currently evaluating the turbine system to determine the cause of the shutdown and identify necessary repairs.”
Unit 2 was offline when the shutdown occurred. It was in restart mode when the unplanned shutdown occurred. It had been shut down “due to an issue with pumps on the turbine system,” TVA said, as reported by Chattanooga.com.
TVA emphasized, “there were no public or nuclear safety concerns at any time. Licensed operators took timely and appropriate action and plant safety systems responded as designed.”
Watts Bar Unit 1 is also shut down at this time, but for scheduled maintenance and refueling.