| The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
has approved a request by AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, to increase the generating
capacity of the Clinton Power Station by about 20 percent, or about 186 megawatts.
The power uprate at the plant, near Clinton, Illinois, will increase the
generating capacity of the reactor to about 1,116 megawatts of electricity.
The facility intends to implement the power increase in two phases beginning
this spring. The application for the increase in power was submitted to the
NRC on June 18, 2001.
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 primarily by using new fuel in the core and making certain plant modifications.
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