| The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
has approved a request by Entergy Operations to increase the generating capacity
of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station by 1.7 percent.
The power uprate at the plant, located near Port Gibson, Mississippi, will
increase the generating capacity of Unit 1 from 1210 megawatts electric to
1232. The licensee intends to implement the power uprate immediately.
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 other technical specification changes. The NRC
staff determined that the licensee could safely increase the power output
of the reactor primarily through increased feedwater flow measurement accuracy.
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