Press Release-14-006, NRC Approves Power Uprate for Fermi Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-14-006: NRC Approves Power Uprate for Fermi Nuclear Power Plant

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Issue date:	02/10/2014
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No: 14-006 February 10, 2014 CONTACT: David McIntyre, 301-415-8200 NRC Approves Power Uprate for Fermi Nuclear Power Plant The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by DTE Electric Co. to increase the generating capacity of the Fermi nuclear power plant, Unit 2, by approximately 1.6 percent.

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

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

The power uprate for Fermi Unit 2, a boiling water reactor located approximately 25 miles northeast of Toledo, Ohio, will increase the units generating capacity from approximately 1,179 to 1,198 megawatts electric. DTE intends to implement the uprate during the current refueling outage.

The NRC published a notice about the uprate application in the Federal Register on June 11, 2013. The staffs evaluation of the uprate application will available through the NRCs ADAMS online documents database by entering Accession Number ML13364A131.