November 30, 2009 (FinancialWire) — FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), said its Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2, located in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, returned to service on November 27 following an October 12 shutdown for refueling and maintenance.

The 904-megawatt unit began producing electricity and is currently operating at 22 percent power. The plant is expected to reach full power in the next several days.

During the outage, 60 of the 157 fuel assemblies were exchanged and safety inspections were conducted.

Beaver Valley Unit 2 had operated for 350 consecutive days before shutting down for the refueling and achieved a 99.8 percent capability factor in 2009.

FAkron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company whose FENOC subsidiary also operates the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio.

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