Six Exelon units to gain 40 MW each from turbine retrofits by Alstom

摘要

Alstom will retrofit steam turbines at six reactors operated by Exelon under a $420 million contract announced June 18 that is expected to give Exelon an additional 40 MW per unit.rnThe order adds to the list of retrofits and renovations undertaken by the French manufacturer, which says it has nearly 50% of the world steam turbine retrofit market.rnUnder the Exelon agreement, Alstom will retrofit steam turbine equipment at Dresden-2 and -3 (rated at 909 MW each) and Quad Cities-1 and -2 (912 MW each) in Illinois, and at Peach Bottom-2 and -3 (1,182 MW each) in Pennsylvania.rnSteven Goldberg, a spokesman for Alstom in the US, said June 18 that the first retrofit will be done during a spring 2010 refueling outage at one of the Quad Cities units, with work at the other five reactors to be completed during refueling outages between 2011 and 2013.