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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by TXU Electric
Company to increase the generating capacity of the Comanche Peak Steam Electric
Station by 1.4 percent for Unit 1, and 0.4 percent for Unit 2. The plant is
located near Glen Rose, Texas.
The power increase will be immediately implemented at Unit 2 and next spring
for Unit 1. The application for the increase in power was submitted to the
NRC on April 5.
The NRC's safety evaluation of the requested power uprate for the plant
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
reactor with minor modifications to plant equipment because of technical refinements
that permit more precise measurements of reactor operating conditions.
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