[cdn-nucl-l] Huge uprate in US

[Adam McLean <adam.mclean@utoronto.ca>]

Posted on December 27, 2001 in the Decatur, Illinois Tribune and at:
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?
show=localnews&pnpID=469&NewsID=229973&CategoryID=7931&on=0
WOW, that's a big step up... Could we imagine uprating a CANDU unit this much?

Adam

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NUCLEAR GENERATION CAPACITY APPROVED 
 
12/27/01
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CHICAGO, December 27, 2001 (CN)--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on 
Wednesday it had approved a request by Exelon Generating Co. to increase the 
generating capacity of four of its nuclear units at two sites in Illinois. 
Exelon Generating Co. is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corp., the owner of the 
largest fleet of U.S. nuclear power plants. The power uprates at Dresden 2 and 
3, located near Morris, Illinois, will increase the power of each reactor by 17 
percent to about 912 megawatts of electricity per unit, the NRC said in a 
statement. 

The power uprates at Quad Cities 1 and 2, located near Moline, Illinois, will 
increase the power of each reactor by 17.8 percent, or to about 912 megawatts 
of electricity per unit. The application for the increases was submitted to the 
commission in December 2000. According to the statement, Exelon intends to 
implement the power uprate immediately for Dresden Unit 2, while uprates for 
the three other reactors will be implemented during scheduled outages in 2002 
and 2003. The Regulatory Commission staff determined that the licensee could 
safely increase the power output of the reactors with modifications to plant 
equipment and use of new fuel, it added.