Water leak fixed; Salem nuke plant powers up

PSEG's Salem nuclear plant in southern New Jersey returned to full power on Sunday after a leaking valve that forced the plant to shut down Thursday was repaired.

The plant's owner said that workers replaced the packing material in the pressurizer spray valve used in the reactor coolant system, which had failed and caused a water leak that was confined to the Unit 1 containment building.

No other problems were found in similar valves at the plant, said Joe Delmar, a PSEG spokesman. The reactor was reactivated on Saturday.