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Energy Net on 12 Oct 09Increase would make power station's reactor largest in United States The power to make electricity at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station could rise for the first time in its 24-year history by 2012 - though not from a second reactor. A public hearing is set for Oct. 29 before the Mississippi Public Service Commission to increase the Claiborne County plant's capacity to 1,443 megawatts, which would make it the nation's largest single reactor. In a petition filed in May, shortages in long-term baseload generation for Entergy customers in three states who receive power from the plant are cited as reasons for the upgrade. If you go A public hearing to consider output increase at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 29 at the Mississippi Public Service Commission located on the first floor of the Woolfolk State Office Building at 501 N. West St. in Jackson. Separately, applications remain alive, at least on paper, for new reactors at Grand Gulf and at Entergy's River Bend Station in St. Francisville, La., though issues with component costs and design prompted Entergy Nuclear to suspend both efforts in January, Vicksburg-based spokesman Don Arnold said.
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Energy Net on 12 Oct 09Increase would make power station's reactor largest in United States The power to make electricity at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station could rise for the first time in its 24-year history by 2012 - though not from a second reactor. A public hearing is set for Oct. 29 before the Mississippi Public Service Commission to increase the Claiborne County plant's capacity to 1,443 megawatts, which would make it the nation's largest single reactor. In a petition filed in May, shortages in long-term baseload generation for Entergy customers in three states who receive power from the plant are cited as reasons for the upgrade. If you go A public hearing to consider output increase at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 29 at the Mississippi Public Service Commission located on the first floor of the Woolfolk State Office Building at 501 N. West St. in Jackson. Separately, applications remain alive, at least on paper, for new reactors at Grand Gulf and at Entergy's River Bend Station in St. Francisville, La., though issues with component costs and design prompted Entergy Nuclear to suspend both efforts in January, Vicksburg-based spokesman Don Arnold said.