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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by Nuclear Management
Company to increase the generating capacity of the Point Beach Nuclear Power
Plant by 1.4 percent.
The power uprate at the plant, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, will increase the
generating capacity of the Units 1 and 2 reactors from 511 megawatts electric
to 518 each. The licensee intends to implement the power uprate within 90
days.
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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