Press Release-10-165, NRC Approves Increased Power Output for LaSalle Nuclear Power Plant

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Press Release-10-165: NRC Approves Increased Power Output for LaSalle Nuclear Power Plant
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa.resource@nrc.gov Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.10-165 September 20, 2010 NRC APPROVES INCREASED POWER OUTPUT FOR LASALLE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by Exelon Generation Co.

to increase the power generating capacity of LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 by 1.65 percent each.

The NRC staff determined that Exelon could safely increase the reactors power output primarily through more accurate means of measuring feedwater flow. NRC staff also reviewed the companys evaluations showing the plants design can accommodate the increased power level.

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 power uprate for LaSalle, located approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, will increase each units power generating capacity from approximately 1,179 to 1,192 megawatts electric. Exelon intends to implement Unit 1s uprate in September, and Unit 2s uprate following its 2011 spring refueling outage.

The NRC previously published a notice about the power uprate application in the Federal Register (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-10820.pdf, page 26289). The agencys evaluation of the LaSalle power uprate will be available through the NRCs ADAMS electronic document database by entering ML101830361 on this webpage:

http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.

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http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html. The NRC homepage at www.nrc.gov also offers a SUBSCRIBE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web site.

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