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This week, Florida Power and Light completed a series of extended power uprates at its Turkey Point and St. Lucie reactors that will create additional electrical generation equivalent to that of a new power plant. In a release Thursday, FPL said the upgrades added 500 megawatts at the plants' four...

Communities around the St. Lucie nuclear plant are preparing for an influx of temporary workers as Florida Power and Light continues its reactor uprate program. With the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reporting it expects to approve 11.9 percent extended power uprates at unit 1 this month and at unit...

Unplanned reactor trips at St. Lucie and a generator malfunction during last year’s earthquake at North Anna will result in additional inspections at the plants, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Monday. Florida Power and Light’s St. Lucie unit 1 reactor in Jensen Beach, Fla., has...

As promised, Florida Power & Light’s $766 million Turkey Point uprate project has provided a much-needed boost to the South Florida communities around it. In the last year, the work has already created 3,200 construction jobs in Miami-Dade County, where the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics pegged...

Florida Power and Light Co. was given the go-ahead to raise an additional $196 million to fund uprates at its St. Lucie and Turkey Point reactors, as well as planning for two new units. On Monday the Florida Public Service Commission voted unanimously to approve the request, the Miami Herald reported...

Unit 1 at Florida’s St. Lucie nuclear plant is back online after condenser pressure levels prompted safety systems to shut it down last week. According to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission event report, the reactor tripped at 5:28 a.m., Wednesday, following elevated condenser backpressure caused...

A rate increase by Florida Power and Light Co. for nuclear plant uprates and the licensing of two new reactors will go before state regulators Monday with the blessing of the Florida Public Service Commission staff. Earlier this week, the agency released its recommendation that FPL be allowed to raise...