Dominion to request 80 MW power uprate for Millstone-3

[Dogmudgeon]

This is an example of why, although no new nuclear reactors have been built in years, the amount of energy we get from nuclear power plants continues to increase.

And you thought that Dick Cheney simply commanded more nuclear cooties into the reactor core!

Dominion to request 80 MW power uprate for Millstone-3

Dominion is requesting an 80 megawatt power uprate for Millstone-3,
spokesman Peter Hyde said July 13. The application requesting the uprate at
the 1,206-MW PWR will be sent to NRC by early next week, Hyde said.

Minor modifications of some instrumentation and "small turbine-driven
systems," and the addition of "a little bit more fresh fuel" to provide
additional energy in the core, will be undertaken, Hyde said. The uprate will
be implemented during Millstone-3's fall 2008 refueling outage, subject to NRC
approval, Hyde said. Millstone-2 was uprated in 1979, he said.

Don't worry, 27 more are coming, just from the most recent round of approvals and reviews.

--p!