Platts - Monday, November 08, 2004 
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FPL reschedules St. Lucie-2 refueling outage

Washington (Platts)--8Nov2004

Florida Power & Light (FPL) has postponed St. Lucie-2's
scheduled refueling outage, originally planned to begin
at the end of this month, until January 2005. In a
recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission,
FPL cited the impacts of hurricanes Frances and Jeanne
in September 2004 as the reason for changing the
schedule. FPL spokeswoman Rachel Scott said repairs are
still being made to some of the site's warehouses and
offices that were damaged by the storms. Also, there
were concerns about housing for outage workers, since
many hotels in the area were damaged and are not
expected to open until January.

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NRC: Vermont Yankee could safely operate with 20% uprate

Washington (Platts)--5Nov2004

Vermont Yankee's systems and components could safely
operate under 20% uprate conditions, an NRC inspection
team concluded in preliminary findings released today. A
team of NRC inspectors and contractors conducted a
three-week engineering review at the site this summer,
focusing on risk-significant components and operator
actions. According to a summary of the findings, the
team also found that owner Entergy Nuclear had
"implemented sufficient design controls for engineering
work" at the plant. The team identified eight findings
of very low safety significance and flagged one item
relating to electrical equipment as "unresolved," which
will be the subject of further review. NRC said it also
may ask for more information on a handful of topics
relevant to the company's uprate request. The
preliminary findings are on NRC's Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/plant-specific-
items/vermont-yankee-issues/prelim.pdf.

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