Salem power plant planning 200-MW uprate

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Salem power plant planning 200-MW uprate

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-11-05/article-8561/salem-power-plant-planning-200mw-uprate/

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PSEG and Constellation revealed plans for a 200-MW capacity increase across the two Salem reactor units. During a recent refueling outage at Salem Unit 1, an SEC filing noted that visual inspections revealed thermal shield degradation inside the reactor vessel. Consequently, plant operators have extended the outage to conduct further testing and evaluate potential repairs.

The Salem nuclear power plant is expected to get a 200-MW uprate, executives from PSEG, the co-owners and operators of the Hancocks Bridge, N.J., facility, said in the utility's recent third quarter earnings call.

The planned uprate for the two-unit plant was already mentioned in Constellation's October announcement that 11 facilities were in line to receive upgrades to increase nuclear capacity, including Salem. Constellation owns 43 percent of the plant, while PSEG Nuclear owns the other 57 percent. The third quarter earnings presentation shed light on the size of the uprate. Of the planned 200-MW uprate, PSEG will receive roughly 112 MW. The uprate aligns with comments made earlier in the year, when...

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