Unit 1 at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Luzerne County, Pa., is again generating electricity after completing a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage Wednesday morning (4/12).

"We schedule refueling outages for each unit every two years. Successful outages are very important to safe and reliable operation of the power plant," said Robert A. Saccone, vice president of Nuclear Operations for PPL Susquehanna.

During the outage, workers replaced about 40 percent of the uranium fuel in the Unit 1 reactor, refurbished the electrical generator and completed thousands of inspections, tests and maintenance jobs.

Improvements to the generator will enable Unit 1 to produce electricity reliably for years to come, Saccone said.

The 2,360-megawatt Susquehanna plant has two boiling water reactors. The plant, located about seven miles north of Berwick, Pa., is owned jointly by PPL Susquehanna LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc., and is operated by PPL Susquehanna.

PPL Susquehanna is one of PPL Corporation's generating facilities. Headquartered in Allentown, Pa., PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) controls about 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to nearly 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America. More information is available at www.pplweb.com.