Article: United States : Southern Ga. Hatch 2 reactor cut to 62 pct.

Byline: prashant03

Southern Co's (SO.N) 883-megawatt Unit 2 at the Hatch nuclear power station in Georgia dipped to 62 percent by early Friday from full power early Thursday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report.

The 1,752 MW Hatch station is located in Baxley in Appling County about 120 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida. It has two units, 876 MW Unit 1 and the 883 MW Unit 2, which entered service in 1975 and 1979.

The NRC renewed the plant's original 40 year licenses in 2002 for another 20 years until 2034 and 2038.

Unit 1 continued to operate at full power.

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