Benzinga | Oct 15, 2020 07:47AM EDT

PSEG Nuclear's Salem Unit 1 Conducts Planned Refueling And Maintenance Outage

Second Outage of 2020 Conducted with Enhanced Health and Safety Protocols to Ensure Employee and Community Safety During Refueling

LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK, N.J., Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PSEG Nuclear's Salem Unit 1 entered its planned refueling and maintenance outage on Oct. 3, 2020, when operators safely removed the unit from the regional power grid. Salem 1 is one of three nuclear units operated by PSEG in Salem County, New Jersey. Collectively, the three nuclear units produce roughly 40% of the state's electricity and more than 90% of its carbon-free energy, making them a critical pillar of New Jersey's clean energy ambitions to achieve net-zero by 2050. A refueling and maintenance outage is a multi-week, comprehensive process involving thousands of inspections, surveillances and maintenance activities.