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A Technical Blueprint for EPU Equipment Upgrades: Increasing Reliability and Reducing Total Cost of Ownership
To meet current and future power capacity needs, nearly all utilities with nuclear generation assets are looking at the feasibility of extended power uprates (EPU) for their facilities. Much of the engineering efforts of the plants and their engineering partners is focused to how the affected systems need to be modified to accommodate increases in steam and water flow.
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