NRC approves Entergy Arkansas nuke power increase
Date: 03-May-02
Country: USA
Generating capacity at Arkansas 2 will be increased by 7.5 percent, or 64 megawatts (MW), to 922 MW, the NRC said in a statement.
Entergy Nuclear plans to complete the capacity increase while Arkansas 2 is in its current refueling and maintenance outage, the NRC said.
"The NRC staff determined that the licensee could safely increase the power output of the reactor primarily by using new fuel in the core and making certain plant modifications," the NRC said in the statement.
Arkansas 2 was shut for scheduled spring refueling in mid-April.
The Arkansas plant is located in Russellville, Arkansas.
One megawatt is roughly enough to power 1,000 average homes.
Entergy Nuclear is a subsidiary of Entergy Corp .
