US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Considers Amendments to Prairie Island Nuclear Plant License

Summary

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering changes to the operating license of the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, owned by Northern States Power Company, to allow for a one-time extension of the allowed outage time for a cooling pump as part of planned maintenance on the cooling water system.

Original source language: Federal Register — Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOpen original release →

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