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Ohio nuclear plant to restart after repairs

Regulators say nuclear plant in Ohio can restart after leaks shut down operations in February

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On Wednesday June 23, 2010, 6:03 pm EDT

OAK HARBOR, Ohio (AP) -- Federal regulators have given operators of an Ohio nuclear plant permission to restart the plant after they made repairs to cracks that have kept it closed since February.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that repairs at the plant along Lake Erie will allow it to operate safely through October 2011, when there are plans to shut down the plant and replace its reactor head.

Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy Corp. said earlier this week that it was moving up plans to replace the reactor head at the Davis-Besse (BEH'-see) nuclear plant near Toledo.

The company says it found the cracks in the nozzles of the reactor head in February. It says the cracks were found in their early stages.

FirstEnergy plans to restart the plant sometime in July.

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