| The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
has approved a request by South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Operating Company
to increase the generating capacity of the STP, Units 1 and 2, by 1.4 percent,
or 18 megawatts.
The power uprate at the plant, near Bay City, Texas, will increase the
generating capacity of each reactor to about 1268 megawatts of electricity.
The facility intends to implement the power uprate at Unit 1 this summer,
and at Unit 2 this fall, following replacement of steam generators at Unit
2. The application for the power increase was submitted to the NRC on August
22, 2001.
The NRC's 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 calculations, radiological
consequences, operations and technical specification changes. The NRC staff
determined that the licensee could safely increase the power output of the
reactor by making certain plant instrumentation modifications.
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