Press Release-20-051, NRC Approves Power Uprate for Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

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Press Release-20-051: NRC Approves Power Uprate for Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2
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No: 20-051 October 21, 2020 CONTACT: Scott Burnell, 301-415-8200 NRC Approves Power Uprate for Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 And 2 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Inc. to increase the reactor capacity of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, by approximately 1.7 percent.

The NRC staff determined that Southern Nuclear could safely increase both reactors heat output, primarily through more accurate means of measuring feedwater flow. Southern Nuclear is also improving some plant systems not regulated by the NRC to more efficiently convert the increased reactor output to electricity.

The power uprate for Farley, located approximately 18 miles east of Dothan, Ala., will increase Unit 1s generating capacity from approximately 910 to 944 megawatts electric and Unit 2s generating capacity from approximately 910 to 953 MWe. Southern Nuclear intends to implement Unit 1s uprate within 180 days of completing the units spring 2021 refueling outage and Unit 2s uprate within 180 days of completing that units fall outage this year.

The NRCs safety evaluation of the plants proposed power uprate focused on several areas, including the nuclear steam supply systems, instrumentation and control systems, electrical systems, accident evaluations, radiological consequences, fire protection, operations and training, testing, and technical specification changes.

The NRC published a Federal Register notice regarding the Farley power uprate application in February that provided the public an opportunity to comment or request a hearing. The agencys evaluation of the Farley power uprate is available through the NRCs ADAMS electronic document database.

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