Plant Hatch Reloaded With First Of Kind Fuel Assemblies

Operators at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant in Alabama on Sunday safely returned Unit 1 to service following a planned refueling and maintenance outage that began Feb. 4 at 9:28 p.m., local time. The novelty of the occasion, however, involved the fuel used for the restart. In collaboration with Global Nuclear Fuel, Southern Nuclear said in a press statement, Plant Hatch installed accident tolerant fuel test assemblies developed by the U.S. Department of Energy.(read more)