APS: Palo Verde to return to service by next week

Washington (Platts)--3Mar2004


Arizona's Public Service's (APS) Palo Verde-2 is expected to return to service this week, while unit 3 likely will resume operations early next week, APS spokeswoman Sherie Foote said today. Unit 2 has been down since a small leak was found in one of its new steam generators Feb. 19. Palo Verde-3 tripped off line Feb 28 after electrical issues developed with the reactor's turbine generator. That outage was extended when APS crews the following day found a small indication of boron on an alloy 600 pressurizer heater sleeve. "It's important to understand these events are unrelated," APS Executive Vice President of Generation Jim Levine said in a statement the company issued yesterday