Re: NY Times article, "Nuclear Power's Second Act"

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

 > In addition,
 > in the last decade, 57 reactors have quietly received the
 > commission's permission to increase heat output and thus electric
 > production, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade
 > association in Washington. Some did it more than once. The capacity
 > increase totals 2,200 megawatts, which is the equivalent of adding
 > two huge reactors.

I interpret the 2000 MW as electric capacity. Can anyone confirm?

Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/

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