Gundersen Letter to NRC ACRS Re: Vermont Yankee Uprate 11-05

Rather than being granted an uprate to produce 20% more power than Yankee was designed to produce, Arnie Gundersen recommends that it continue to operate at its current power level until its 40-year license expires in 2012.  An uprate would reduce safety margins, add stresses on the plant’s aging components, and changes the most critical safety design feature of Vermont Yankee, reducing the plant’s ability to protect Vermonters in the event of a “single failure.”  

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