LaSalle uprate gets nod from regulator
A 1.65% uprate of both unit 1 and 2 of Exelon's LaSalle nuclear power plant in Illinois has been approved by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC staff determined that the utility could safely raise the reactors' power output primarily through more accurate means of measuring feedwater flow. Exelon plans to increase the generating capacity of each boiling water reactor (BWR) from some 1179 MWe to 1192 MWe. The uprate of unit 1 is set to be implemented by the end of September, while unit 2 will be uprated following its scheduled refuelling outage in spring 2011. Both units began commercial operation in 1984.
A 1.65% uprate of both unit 1 and 2 of Exelon's LaSalle nuclear power plant in Illinois has been approved by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC staff determined that the utility could safely raise the reactors' power output primarily through more accurate means of measuring feedwater flow. Exelon plans to increase the generating capacity of each boiling water reactor (BWR) from some 1179 MWe to 1192 MWe. The uprate of unit 1 is set to be implemented by the end of September, while unit 2 will be uprated following its scheduled refuelling outage in spring 2011. Both units began commercial operation in 1984.
