Today's Sunbeam of Salem reports that the Salem I reactor was restarted early Saturday and was back at full power by Saturday night.
The plant was manually taken offline around 4 p.m. Thursday and was out of service for about 37 hours. The shutdown was due to "grassing," a problem caused by vegetation, weeds and grasses that grow along the Delaware River and its tributaries. The vegetation becomes dislodged and floats downstream, and can become especially troublesome in the spring.
The reactor is one of three at the Salem/Hope Creek site in Lower Alloways Creek Township in Salem County.
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Information from: TODAYS SUNBEAM, http://www.nj.com/salem
