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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved
a request by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company to increase the generating
capacity of Beaver Valley Power Station Units 1 and 2 by 1.4 percent, or about
12 megawatts of electricity per unit.
The power uprate at the station, located in
Shippingport, Pennsylvania, will increase the generating capacity of each
reactor to about 822 megawatts of electricity. The facility intends to implement
the power increase this fall. The application for the increase in power was
submitted to the NRC on January 18.
The NRC's safety evaluation of the requested
power uprate for the units focused on several areas, including nuclear steam
supply systems, instrumentation and control systems, electrical systems, accident
evaluations, radiological consequences, operations and technical specification
changes. The NRC staff determined that the licensee could safely increase
the power output of the two reactors with minor modifications to plant equipment
and because of technical refinements that permit more precise measurements
of reactor operating conditions.
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