– Edited By Chris Reed –
The Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant (LVNPP) located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, has completed an extensive four year modernization upgrade.
Spain's Iberdrola Engineering, who carried out the work as the 97% partner in a consortium with Alstom Mexico, has announced that both boiling water reactors at Laguna Verde are now online. The modernization program increased the two unit power plant's thermal power by 20%. The capacity of each unit now stands at 820 MW.
Modifications included:
- turbine and condenser retrofit
- replaced electric generator
- replaced main steam reheater
- replaced feedwater heater
The first Unit went online in 1989 and second unit in 1994.