| Indian Point 3
can boost power output
The Journal News
April 7, 2005
The Indian Point 3 nuclear power reactor can safely increase
its power output by nearly 5 percent under a plan approved
recently by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The plant's owner, Entergy, requested permission to increase
its capacity from 979 megawatts to 1,024 megawatts. The plant
will produce at full capacity after its returns to operation
after re-fueling in spring.
The second active reactor at the Buchanan, Westchester County,
plant had its capacity increased from 995 to 1,040 last year.
Entergy must upgrade plant components the NRC considered
minor and demonstrate the plant's existing design can handle
the increased power level.
The NRC's analysis included an evaluation of its nuclear
steam supply systems, instrumentation and control systems,
electrical systems, accident evaluations, radiological consequences,
operations and other technical specification changes.
The power plants have been the subject of intense controversy,
particularly since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on
New York City. Opponents have called the plant unsafe and
want to see it shut down.
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